SRINAGAR: Police on Monday used tear gasoline shells to disperse individuals protesting towards the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid restrictions imposed in all districts as a precautionary measure.According to police sources, police resorted to tear gasoline shelling on protesters close to Bemina Degree College after they tried to march ahead.
Authorities in Kashmir imposed restrictions throughout the Valley and diminished cellular web speeds within the wake of widespread protests on Sunday.Also see: Srinagar witnesses protest, marches and mourning rituals after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s deathMajor demonstrations have been reported from Lal Chowk and Saida Kadal in Srinagar, in addition to Budgam, Bandipora and a number of other different areas on Sunday. Lal Chowk, the epicentre of the protests, was fully sealed off.Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in giant numbers alongside Airport Road and different delicate areas. Concertina wires have been laid on key roads, and safety checks have been intensified, with automobiles being stopped and frisked at a number of checkpoints. Shops and enterprise institutions throughout a number of components of the Valley remained closed.Kashmir’s chief priest, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who heads the Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU), a conglomerate of spiritual organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday night issued a joint assertion expressing grief and condemning the killing as a blatant act of aggression by the United States and Israel. The MMU appealed to individuals to look at a voluntary strike on Monday to register their protest in a peaceable method.“The people of J&K collectively condemn this brutality and the ongoing aggression against Iran, and the massacre of innocent girl students in Minab,” Mirwaiz stated. “In this hour of immense sorrow, our hearts beat with the resilient people of Iran.”Ruling National Conference MP from Srinagar, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, condemned the restrictions and closure of Lal Chowk, calling it “a disgrace.”“It is available for dance and music parties, which is the symbolic identity you want to attach to it. But when people come out to mourn, to stand in solidarity with the innocent lives being torn apart, it threatens you in spite of the fact that the demonstrations were entirely peaceful.”Meanwhile, Pulwama Police has urged media organisations, journalists, social media customers, digital platforms, and most people to train accountability and discretion when reporting or sharing info associated to legislation and order, safety issues, or public gatherings within the district.
