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| Police foil Mehbooba led PDP march in Srinagar | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 5: Police on Thursday foiled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) march against abrogation of Article 370 and 35 A in Srinagar.
Police also removed black flags hoisted by PDP workers in the party headquarter at S K Park near here. A large number of PDP senior leaders and workers had assembled at party headquarters to lodge protest on the second anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 and 35 A today.
Led by former Chief Minister and party president Mehbooba Mufti PDP leaders and workers, wearing black badges, started a march from party headquarter towards Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of the city. However, police personnel stopped them at a distance and march dispersed peacefully.
They were raising slogans demanding restoration of special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Before dispersing Mehbooba questioned the BJP claim about development in the J&K after August 5, 2019. Where is the development and democracy, she said adding people are not being allowed to participate in peaceful processions. She alleged that shopkeepers in many areas, including Lal Chowk, were being forced by police to reopen their shops today. Mehbooba also re-tweeted a tweet alongwith a video in which a police officer was seen directing police men to direct shopkeepers to open their shops in Lal Chowk.
Mehbooba, who headed a coalition government with BJP for three years before the saffron party pulled out, said struggle for the restoration of Article 370 and 35 A will continue. Around 140 terrorists waiting at launch pads across LoC despite ceasefire
Srinagar: Around 140 terrorists are waiting at launch pads to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir and the terror infrastructure across the Line of Control (LoC) remains in place even though India and Pakistan agreed in February to a ceasefire, a senior security official said on Thursday (August 5). Contending that the ceasefire agreement was more important for Pakistan as it is desperately trying to come out of the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the sincerity of Islamabad could have been gauged if they had dismantled the terror infrastructure. The official at the same time said the Army has been noticing continued presence of around 140 terrorists at the launch pads across the LoC, likely waiting to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir, but the robust counter-infiltration grid has so far desisted them from making any such attempts. “They tried in the past but had to return after alert jawans foiled all their nefarious designs,” the official said. The official said Pakistan is using the ceasefire window to strengthen its infrastructure along the LoC that was damaged in cross-border shelling last year in response to their troops’ firing at civilian areas on the Indian side of the LoC.
Commenting on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir since the Centre abrogated its special status two years ago, the official said foreign terrorists have suddenly disappeared from the scene and got themselves locked in either some hideouts in densely populated areas or mountainous heights having natural caves.
On locals joining terrorist outfits, the official said there has been a constant message to anyone and everyone that those having any evil design “against our country” should shun such ambitions as all those who either pick up a weapon or harbour ill intentions against the sovereignty of the nation “will be dealt with iron hand”. Simultaneously, he said, the Army has been constantly contacting the families whose children are likely to be brainwashed and asking them to take appropriate precautions against it. The results have borne fruits as a number of lives have been saved so far due to a proactive approach of educating families and preventing their wards from joining terror ranks, he added.
Following talks between the Directors General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan over hotline, a joint statement was issued on February 25, 2021 in which the two countries agreed to the strict observance of all agreements, understandings and ceasefire along the Line of Control and all other sectors with effect from the February 24-25 midnight 2021.
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