Clashes in Occupied Kashmir's downtown area
Eyewitnesses said that several tear gas shells were fired during the clashes.
Srinagar (Web Desk): Massive clashes broke out between Kashmiri youth and the Indian forces in Nawabazar area of downtown Srinagar following forced burial of veteran Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gilani.
Restrictions in the area were imposed following the death of Kashmir’s most prominent resistance leader Syed Ali Shah Gilani and people in large numbers turned out of streets after Modi-led fascist regime in IIIOJK did not allow them to attend the funeral of their beloved leader.
Several youth were seen on one end of the road while the government forces were in front clashing with them. Eyewitnesses said that several tear gas shells were fired during the clashes.
Gilani passed away Wednesday night at 10:30 pm following a prolonged illness at his home, where he was kept under house detention for most of the last decade. He was 91.
The state officials then imposed a curfew across Kashmir and snapped nearly all lines of communications, except the fluctuating government-owned BSNL networks.
An eyewitness told media that roads were blocked while the intense tear gas shelling took place in Nawabazar as hundreds of people gathered and clashed with Indian forces. “They [forces] blocked roads and fired tear gas shell at the crowd,” he said.
Millions of the residents of Kashmir Valley were confined to their houses as the strict curfew was imposed by the government forces amidst a near communication blackout after Gilani’s death. The streets in Srinagar city were blocked with concertina wires and barricades while there was a heavy deployment of the government forces.
