Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Friday condemned the deployment and forces action at Jamia Masjid in which scores sustained pellet injuries in eyes.

Mirwaiz in a tweet said “Heavy deployment of Govt forces around JamaMasjid even in this holy month leading to tension & agitation.Dozens of civilians injured after forces resorted to pellet &teargas shelling!large number of people unable to come out of the mosque.Condemn the deployment and forces action”.

Scores were injured among them few were hit with pellets in their eyes following the clashes at Jamia Masjid.

This post was published on May 25, 2018