Complete strike observed in IIOJK on Indian Republic Day

SRINAGAR (KMS) - A complete strike was observed, on Friday, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Indian Republic Day, January 26.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the aims of the shutdown was to convince the international community that India’s claim of being a democratic country is completely misleading because it is denying Kashmiris their inalienable right to self-determination.

Shops and business centers are closed in Srinagar and other towns, while traffic on the roads is very thins. Indian forces are checking, frisking and patrolling in the name of security measures in the occupied territory to prevent anti-India demonstrations.

Indian forces have been deployed in large numbers around the venues of today’s functions across the valley.

Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in the city and other district headquarters. Checkpoints have been established at various places in Srinagar, especially at the entry points of the city and other districts. Indian forces are conducting random checking of vehicles and frisking of people.