Jammu & Kashmir, April 30 -- Kashmir's chief cleric and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday urged the people of India not to fall prey to "hatred and media propaganda" creating mistrust of Kashmiris and reciprocate in ensuring their safety.

Mirwaiz was responding to a report which revealed that at least 16 shawl sellers from Kashmir left Mussoorie after two vendors were allegedly attacked by locals last week.

"The physical and verbal assault on Kashmiri shawl vendors in Mussoorie, who had to flee when police refused to guarantee their safety, is very disturbing," he said in a post on X.

"After large-scale detentions, demolition of homes, and crackdowns inside Kashmir, ordinary citizens, students, and small traders outsid...