Srinagar, Jan. 20 (TNS): In occupied Kashmir, complete shutdown will be observed in Gaw Kadal and its adjoining areas in Srinagar tomorrow (Sunday) against a brutal massacre carried out by Indian troops in 1990.
Call for the shutdown has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik.
More than 50 innocent people were killed in Gaw Kadal area of Srinagar on 21st January in 1990 when Indian forces had resorted to indiscriminate firing on peaceful demonstrators who were protesting against the molestation of several women by the troops on the previous night.
On the other hand, Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Gilani has termed the chargesheet filed by Indian investigating agency (NIA) against several Kashmiris as fake and false.
Syed Ali Gilani in a statement in Srinagar called the entire NIA exercise as political vendetta.
He said there is no constitutional and moral justification to arrest these people and demanded their immediate release.
The APHC Chairman also strongly condemned the arrest of Muhammad Yasin Malik and house detention of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai.
Syed Ali Gilani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in their statements expressed concern over increasing tension between India and Pakistan on the Line of Control.
The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League at a function in Srinagar said the sacrifices of Kashmiri martyrs would not be allowed to go waste and their mission would be accomplished at all costs.
