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Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti placed under house arrest amid Kashmir lockdown; Section 144 imposed in Srinagar

Restrictions under Section 144 CrPC has come into effect from 12 a.m. in Srinagar. Mobile internet snapped in entire Jammu and Kashmir.

An uneasy calm enveloped the Kashmir Valley on Sunday as additional security forces occupied civilian installations and police stations and were put in “standby mode.”

Late in the night, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti were placed under house arrest. Congress leader Usman Majid and CPI(M) leader M.Y. Tarigami also said they were being detained.

Section 144 Cr.PC was imposed in Srinagar district from midnight and will remain in force till further orders. “There shall be no movement of the public. All educational institutions shall remain closed. There will be a complete bar on any kind of public meetings or rallies during the period of operation of this order. Identity cards of essential services officials will be treated as movement passes wherever required,” read the order.

Mr. Abdullah said he was placed under house arrest in Srinagar. “The process has already started for other mainstream leaders. No way of knowing if this is true but if it is then I’ll see all of you on the other side of whatever is in store. Allah save us,” he tweeted.

Ms. Mufti said, “In such difficult times, I’d like to assure our people that come what may, we are in this together and will fight it out. Nothing should break our resolve to strive for what’s rightfully ours.”

Mr. Omar Abdullah and Ms. Mufti earlier in the day had warned the Centre against abrogation of Article 35A and Article 370, which gives special status to J&K.

Dr. Abdullah said all parties resolved to be united in “protecting the identity, autonomy and special rights of J&K.”

“Modification or abrogation of Article 35A or Article 370 would be aggression against the people of J&K,” read the joint statement called the ‘Gupkar Declaration.’

Meanwhile the security build-up took a final shape on Sunday, a top police official said on the condition of anonymity.

Several colleges, factories and hostels were vacated and occupied by additional troops in the Valley.

Hospitals were put in emergency mode, said a senior official on the condition of anonymity. Dozens of mobile bullet-proof bunkers were installed across the Valley.

Courtesy: The Hindu

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