INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: At least six people were injured in Indian Occupied Kashmir due to the use of brute force by Indian troops on protest
demonstrations against India move of repealing Article 370, which granted special status to the territory.According to Kashmir Media
Service, a hospital in Srinagar had admitted six persons with gunshot wounds or other injuries caused by lethal weapons, a source at the
facility said on condition of anonymity.The residents leaving the occupied territory spoke of a tense military crackdown and protests
breaking out against the Indian government shocking move to scrap its special status.Occupied Kashmir has been virtually cut off from the
rest of the world after Indian authorities took down phone and internet services ahead of Monday announcement by Narendra Modi-led Hindu
nationalist government.Public gatherings and rallies have also been banned.However, in some of the first observations reported from occupied
Kashmir, passengers who arrived in New Delhi on flights from Srinagar spoke of the tense situation in the territory.A traveler on condition
anonymity said he heard intermittent gunfire and other weapons being used since Monday, soldiers shouting during the night, and saw
government troops deployed &every five steps&.&My car was checked at least 25 times on the way to the airport and it took me almost four
hours to cover a distance of hardly 30 minutes,& he told AFP.Mubeen Masoodi, who also arrived from Srinagar, said he was at a wedding on
Sunday night when suddenly the revelers realized their phones were no longer working.&While we were having our food (around) midnight, that
is when the phones one by one went (off) and that when people realized something big is happening and everyone just rushed back home,& he
said.Sanna Wani, a Kashmiri poet, took to Twitter to describe the fear and panic gripping Srinagar before she managed to get a flight
out.She said even those residents citing medical emergencies were not allowed to get past a security checkpoint.The stories of apprehension
felt by Kashmiri residents came as Rupert Colville, the spokesman for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the communications
blackout and security clampdown were deeply concerning.&We are seeing, again, blanket telecommunications restrictions, perhaps more blanket
than we have ever seen before, the reported arbitrary detention of political leaders and restrictions on peaceful assembly,& he told
reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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