By Muslim Mirror Staff
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested 21 people for holding protests against Israel’s bombardment on Palestinians and their belongings.
“Twenty people were arrested in Srinagar, while one was arrested in Shopian,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Kashmir Vijay Kumar told PTI.
The police called the demonstrations an attempt ‘to engineer and incite violence on streets’ of the Valley.
Protests were held in Srinagar’s Padshahi Bagh and Safa Kadal areas, where a small group burnt an Israeli flag and drew graffiti in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and Jerusalem. The families of those detained alleged that the police conducted midnight raids against the protestors, according to The Hindu.
Among those arrested included Kashmir-based artist Mudasir Gul, who was held for painting pro-Palestinian graffiti on a bridge in Srinagar on Friday. The artwork showed a woman wearing a scarf made of a Palestinian flag and a tear tricking from her eye, with the words: “WE ARE PALESTINE.” The graffiti was later painted over by police, according to The Kashmir Walla.
small protests can be tolerated… why so much restrictions and hue and cry for the same.
What made GOI to act as a colony of APARTHEID Israel after having a long record of championing the human of opressed all over the world. Once a Founder leader of Third world, the prestige of India with its present day policy with regard to freedom of speech, ill-treatment of the weaker sections, mis-use of law-enforcement agencies to harass it’s political opponents is already at lowest level. It will be useless to think that by appeasing Israel this way, GOI will win it’s good will and get some of it’s latest technology. Israelis are well known for their opportunist and humiliating policies. It has heckled snd dirched it’s sponsor friend like US in the past on several issues.