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Indian mly camps

security beefed up

due to Mujahideen attacks

ISLAMABAD: Security around Indian military camps in occupied Kashmir has been further tightened following successful Mujahideen attacks in Srinagar and other places.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the witnesses said that the Indian occupation troops seemed to be haunted by the fear of surprise Mujahideen attacks. This fear-psychosis has become further malignant after a daring attack on Friday on CRPF Rampagh camp in Srinagar in which four troops were killed.

Military camps in the Valley are under vigilant heavy guards round the clock. Even high walls are being built around military camps at some places. Another feature of the added security measures is the banning of all movements in the localities adjacent to military camps from 4.00 am. People are not allowed to go to the mosques for prayers after 6 pm.

Military crackdowns were more extensive on Saturday on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr in occupied Kashmir to be observed on Sunday. Protest demonstrations were held in Srinagar, Baramula, Kupwara, Budgam, Pulwama and several other places against indiscriminate arrests of youth and house raids. Women largely participated in the anti-India demonstrations.

At least one soldier was killed and two injured in a clash at Keran, in Kupwara. A police post was attacked at Bona Kot, in Banihal but details were not available. The troops killed three young men, Ghulam Rasul Malik, Mohammad Yousaf and Sheikh Ahad at Barhaal, in Rajwar. The house of a national conference worker was destroyed in Ganderbal. A young girl, Robina, was shot dead at Kokernag in Islamabad (Annantnag) by unidentified gunmen. A wayfarer was gunned down by troops at Wanto in the same area. Anti-India demonstrations were sparked at Barakana, in Rajouri against the arrest of a religous leader, Maulvi Mohammad Aslam.

The Secretary-General of the Azad Kashmir Chapter of APHC, Ghulam Muhammad Safi, has in a message on behalf of the illegally detained Hurriyat leaders, on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, extended heartfelt Eid greetings to Kashmiris everywhere.

Speaking at a function in Muzaffarabad on Saturday, Safi said the APHC's detained leaders, despite heavy odds, are steeled in their resolve to get the occupied Kashmir liberated from Indian subjugation. They are firmly convinced that Kashmiris would not be the least swerved from their objective by the menacing and massive presence of the Indian hordes on their soil.

He voiced the message of the APHC Chairman, Syed Ali Shah Gilani, by reading out from his book, 'Rudad-e-Qafas' (an account of the cage). The excerpt read that with Allah's grace, most often those less in number, subdue those greater numerically. 'History unfolds many such scenes in which combatants less in number and weaker had vanquished seemingly invincible multitudes. Therefore, no one ought to be arrogant of its exploitative and usurping material and military power.'

According to report from New Delhi, lawyers were not permitted to meet the APHC chairman, Syed Ali Shah Gilani, and other leaders in Jodhpur jail. The Indian Supreme Court lawyer Tufail Ahmad, giving this news, deplored the attitude of the Indian authorities who were depriving the illegally detained leaders the right of legal assistance.

The President of the Democratic Front, Pandit Bhoshan Bazaz, in a statement from New Delhi, has disclosed that he is being threatened by the authorities of the Indian home ministry that he will be jailed if he did not desist from supporting the APHC's struggle for the libration of Kashmir. He was also warned to give up his efforts to bring about greater understanding between the migrant Pandits and the APHC.ÑAPP