Strikes Continues In Bandipore Against Killing Of Five Youth

In occupied Kashmir, normal life remained crippled in Bandipore district of north Kashmir for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday, against the killing of five youth by Indian troops.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Sep, 2018 ) :In occupied Kashmir, normal life remained crippled in Bandipore district of north Kashmir for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday, against the killing of five youth by Indian troops.

The troops killed two youth on Thursday and three others on Friday during a prolonged cordon and search operation in Sumlar area of the district.

All shops and business establishments remain closed in the district, while a thin movement of private vehicles was witnessed on roads, KMS reported.

Meanwhile, two families from Shopian and Kulgam districts and one from Ganderbal have refuted the Indian Army's claim saying that the martyred youth included their sons.

The two families from Shopian and Kulgam reached Bandipora, today, and met Deputy Commissioner Bandipora who directed them to meet Deputy Commissioner Baramulla as the slain youth were laid to rest there.

A family from Kangan area of Ganderbal claimed that one of the youth killed in Smlar was their kin, Parvez Ahmed Tedwa.