Pakistan-administered Kashmir The police in the city of Mirpur said on Saturday that the protesters allegedly Firing An SI (Sub-Inspector) passed away from John.
This incident took place in Islamgarh area of Mirpur. Commissioner Mirpur Division Chaudhary Shaukat has confirmed the death of Sub Inspector Adnan Farooq due to bullet injury.
Protests have been going on for the past few days in various districts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir for cheap electricity and flour and other demands and the Joint Action Committee has started a long march towards the state capital Muzaffarabad.
According to Deputy Commissioner Muzaffarabad Nadeem Ahmad Janjua, 28 protesters were arrested for damaging government property during the protest, while more than 12 policemen were injured by stone pelting by the protesters.
On the other hand, according to Muzaffarabad Shaukat Nawaz Mir, a member of the Joint Public Action Committee, the representative platform of the protesters, the number of arrested protesters is more than 60, while 37 people are injured.
Protesters are moving towards Muzaffarabad from various districts of Kashmir, including Rawalkot, Bhimbar, Mirpur, Kotli, and to stop them, the district administration has blocked the exits of major cities in all the districts.
After Friday’s protest, Finance Minister and Government Spokesman Majid Khan, Minister Azhar Sadiq and Commissioner Muzaffarabad told the media that every citizen has the right to protest peacefully, but any protest in which government property is destroyed is not allowed. Cause damage or inconvenience to the public.
The government ministers once once more invited the public action committee for negotiations.
Protests have been going on for the past one year in the three divisions of Pakistan-administered Kashmir over the call of the Joint Public Action Committee, which demanded that locally generated electricity be supplied to consumers at the cost of production, supply of cheap flour and other demands. have been.
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After a year of protests and negotiations, an agreement was reached between the government and the Action Committee on February 5, in which all the demands of the Action Committee were accepted except for provision on the cost of power generation and by notification, they were accepted. Implementation was assured within a month.
However, following three months of waiting, wheel jam strike, lock-down and long march was announced in the entire Kashmir on May 11, but on May 9, following clashes between protesters and police in Dodial, the Action Committee at 12 o’clock in the night of May 9. Called for lockdown and wheel jam across the state.
After 12 midnight on May 9, JPC activists and leaders blocked the main roads across Kashmir and in the morning police and administration launched operations to clear the roads.
Intermittent clashes between protesters and the police continued in different areas on Friday.
In Muzaffarabad, police and protesters clashed at Chehla Body, Plate, Upper Adda, Chhatar and Shah Sultan Burj.
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2024-07-19 06:05:56
