An official said that the prohibitory orders are already in force in the Kashmir valley due to the on-going uprising, but was not being implemented effectively.Delhi has asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to impose restrictions on the movement of people during Eid-ul-Azha on September 13, 2016 after resistance leadership called for a protest march to the United Nations office in Srinagar two days ago.
The senior government of India official said in New Delhi that the Union Government has suggested the strict imposition of Section 144 of Cr PC (which disallows assembly of more than four persons in public places) to thwart any kind of violence and untoward incident.
At least 77 civilians have been killed since July 09, 2016 during mass civil protests by forces while over 11000 have been injured.
“This is not the first time that Section 144 has been imposed on any festival in the Kashmir Valley. It is necessary as the Hurriyat (separatists) have given call for a protest march and we don’t want people to come out on roads and violence to escalate,” the official told The Hindu.
The Hurriyat Conference in its protest calendar has asked people to join the protest march to the UNMOGIP office to submit a memorandum as the 71st session of the U N General Assembly convenes the same day in New York.
The official said that as per contingency measures, more central armed police force personnel were being rushed to the valley.
“We have left it to the State to decide whether they want to relax the prohibitory orders for a couple of hours to allow people to go to the mosque and pray,” said the official.
The official added that it’s up to the State police to implement prohibitory orders currently in force.
