Srinagar: A shutdown is being observed in Kashmir Valley on Sunday against the killing of teenaged civilian by army in Ganowpora area of Shopian district on last weekend. The call for the strike has been given by Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yaseen Malik.
Reports said that shops and business establishments were closed in Kashmir Valley while traffic was mostly off the roads.
Expressing grief and sorrow on these killings, the resistance leaders has said in a statement that Army, CRPF and Police are “held bent in killing youth in a well nit plan, irrespective of them being armed or unarmed.”
“A few days back one more youth Shakir Ahmad Mir was also killed and two teen age girls were shot in their head forcing them to battle for their life at SIKIMS Soura,” they said in the statement issued here.
They while expressing sympathy with the bereaved families said: “This daily blood bath in every nook and corner of our land is only because of the collaborators of these killers”.
