Valley shuts against arrest spree, NIA raids

Kashmir observed a complete shutdown on Wednesday against mass arrest of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists, the National Investigation Agency raids on residences of top separatist leaders including Muhammad Yasin Malik and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and “attempts to tinker with” Article 35-A.The two-day call for shutdown (for Wednesday and Thursday) has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik. Last week, the police swooped on Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists—apart from religious scholars of Jamiat-e-Ahlihadith and some separatist leaders—for unspecified reasons,…

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NIA raids, ‘Fake Reporting’ aimed to crush Kashmir Economy: KEA

Chairman, Kashmir Economic Alliance, Muhammad Yasin Khan today alleged that the NIA raids on business houses in Kashmir and “fake reporting” by some New Delhi based channels point to “a conspiracy aimed to crush Kashmir economy.” Khan in a statement said, “After wounding the people of Kashmir through human rights abuses, the government wants the economic activities to bleed and it was because of this that some businessmen have either been raided or their names have been falsely reported by a section of media”. “Kashmir Inc is being systematically dragged…

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