JAMMU In occupied Kashmir, seven more coronavirus cases were reported in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday. These new cases raised the number of the people tested positive with the coronavirus in the occupied territory to 40. So far 21 cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in the Kashmir Valley, 6 in Jammu region and 13 in Ladakh. One of the affected persons has died so far. Among the new seven persons include a 56-yearsold man from Jawaharnagar Srinagar and four persons, aged between 28 to 35 years, from Hajin area of Bandipora district who had come in contact with the 65-year-old man who died of the disease on Thursday. The others are a 45-year-old man and his wife (40) from Ahmad Nagar Srinagar. All of them are presently admitted to Chest Disease Hospital (CD) at Dalgate in Srinagar. In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops arrested two youth in north Kashmir’sBaramulla district, today. The troops arrested the youth identified as Showkat Mir and Showkat Yattoo, during vehicle checking in Pattan town of the district. The troops labeled the youth as over-ground workers of mujahideen. On the other hand, the Indian police have so far registered 329 FIRs against people on the charges of violating lockdown orders enforced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbag Singh, said that 329 FIRs were registered against violators and 600 vehicles and shops were seized and closed for non-compliance of the orders.—KMS
