Srinagar, July 12 -- On eve of "Martyrs' day' Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti today visited graveyard in old city to pay tributes to 22 people were killed outside Srinagar jail during protests against Maharaja Hari Singh, on July 13, 1931.
In a post on social media, Iltija, who is the daughter of PDP supremo and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, said she managed to visit the martyrs' graveyard ahead of expected movement restrictions on July 13.
"Knowing that tomorrow we'd be prevented from moving out, managed to pay tributes to our martyrs who laid down their lives on 13th July 1931 for democracy," she said.
She lamented what she called a deliberate attempt to erase the memory of the day from public consciousness
"Their...