In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian police used brute force and arrested the pro-testing family members and civil society activists during a sit-in at Press Enclave in Srinagar against the killing of four civilians in a fake encounter in the city.
According to Kashmir Media Service, four ci-vilians including a surgeon doctor were brutally killed by Indian troops in a staged encounter during a so-called cordon and search operation in Hyder-pora area of Srinagar on Monday night.
Dozens of armed and masked Indian police per-sonnel raided the Press Enclave in Srinagar on Wednesday night to evict the families staging the sit-in to demand the return of the dead bodies of their martyred loved ones for burial.
The families of the two victims, Dr Mudasir and Altaf Ahmad, were camping at the Press Enclave and continued their protest into the night amid sub-zero temperatures.
Close to midnight, Indian armed police personnel arrived in armoured vehicles and snuffed out the candle light vigil being held for the slain civilians.
The police personnel led by Superintendent of Police then began dragging and detaining the pro-testers which was resisted by some family members leading to a scuffle. —KMS
