Srinagar, Nov 12: A Kashmiri separatist was killed and an Army soldier injured in an alleged encounter between with Indian security forces and Kashmiri separatists in Ganderbal district of Indian administered Kashmir, an Indian official said.
According to Indian news outlets, Indian Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Kulan area of the central Kashmir district in the morning following inputs about the presence of separatist. During the search, the hiding separatist fired upon the security forces, who retaliated. Separatist was killed during the gunfight according to an officer.
The identity and group affiliation of the slain Kashmiri is yet to be ascertained, reported PTI.
Independent bodies have yet to confirm whether the killed Kashmiri was a separatist, or his alleged involvement in activities claimed by the Indian security forces.
Human rights organisations have claimed constant human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed territory administered by India, including mass killings, forced disappearances, torture, rape and sexual abuse for political repression and suppression of freedom of speech.
UN human rights report on Kashmir in June 2018 has called for international inquiry into ongoing human rights violations and abuses in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Rights Groups referred in Wikipedia; about “100,000 people have died since 1989 while the official figures from Indian sources state the estimates of number of civilians killed due to the insurgency in the range of 16,725 to 47,000”
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in its Foreign Ministers Meet in March 2019, adopted a resolution on Jammu and Kashmir, condemning the “atrocities and human rights violations” in the state.
The resolution on Kashmir used phrases such as “Indian terrorism” and “mass blindings” by Indian security forces on protesting youths.
