Srinagar, August 11 2008 : Senior Hurriyat Conference leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz was killed as police opened fire at violent protestors in Baramullah district of Srinagar on Monday।The entire Srinagar city has been put under curfew following his death, as per official sources।
Police fired in the air on Monday to thwart a bid by fruit growers to march towards Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in protest against the ‘economic blockade’ of the Valley caused by the stir in Jammu over the Amarnath land row।
Police deflated tyres of 200 trucks carrying fruits in Sopore town and used tear gas shells to disperse the agitating fruit growers trying to take out a cavalcade march towards the PoK capital, official sources said।
As the fruit growers refused to give in, police and paramilitary forces fired in the air to bring the situation under control, they said। More than 100 fruit growers were detained.
Kashmir Fruit Growers Association, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Traders Federation, both factions of Hurriyat Conference and the PDP had given a call for 'Muzaffarabad chalo' to neutralise the economic blockade of the Valley ‘enforced’ by the agitators in Jammu region।
Top separatist leaders like Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and PDP leaders Abdul Aziz Zargar, Dilawar Mir and Nizamuddin Bhat were placed under house arrest last night to ensure that the proposed march does not materialise, the sources said।
Separatist leaders Zaffar Akbar Bhat, Mushtaqul Islam and Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi were picked up by the police from different places in the Valley, they said।
Police and CRPF personnel were deployed in large numbers all along the roads leading towards Baramullah and Uri townships.
Police and CRPF personnel were deployed in large numbers all along the roads leading towards Baramullah and Uri townships.
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