Two youth martyred in Kashmir by Indian troops
Internet remains suspended in the occupied valley with imposition of stringent curfew since Aug. 5.
SRI NAGAR (Dunya News) – Indian troops, in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred two Kashmiri youth at Naina Sangam in Bijbehara area of occupied Kashmir during a cordon and search operation that began last night.
One of the deceased youth was identified as a local commander, Furqan. The internet remains suspended in the occupied valley with imposition of stringent curfew since Aug. 5 last year.
On the other hand, India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out a raid at a seminary in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
The NIA sleuths raided Darul-Uloom in Pinglana area of Pulwama district and confiscated some documents.
Today’s raid came a week after NIA arrested former President of the LoC Traders Association, Tanveer Ahmed Wani, a resident of Pulwama.
Importantly, India has also launched a massive crackdown against virtual private network (VPN) users in the territory for accessing Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter and other social networking sites.
Although India claims that it has restored Internet service in limited areas in the occupied territory, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram and other social networking sites are still banned. However, Kashmiris are raising their voice against illegal Indian occupation and brutalities of the Indian forces by accessing the said sites through VNP and proxy servers.
As per a report released by international news organisation, Reuters, India has detained hundreds of Kashmiris and banned communications after ending special status of occupied Kashmir on August 5, last year.
The news agency wrote, police say they have identified more than 100 Kashmiris using social media and search for more such people is underway.
Police spokesman told Reuters that cases had also been registered against several people who accessed social networking sites through proxy servers.
Aadil Altaf, 37, a businessman in Srinagar, told Reuters that he had downloaded a dozen VPN apps on his phone and if the Indian administration blocked one of them, he would use another.
A woman, Salima Jan said that she used a proxy server for video chat with her son, studying in a college in Chandigarh, India.
An office-holder of Kashmir Telecom told the news agency that Indian software engineers were trying their best to make VPNs ineffective in occupied Kashmir and they had also blocked some VPNs. However, people become connected to some more VPNs.
