MUZAFFARABAD
\nFollowing a successful crackdown on the people protesting against inflated electricity bills in other cities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), police in capital Muzaffarabad, too, came down hard on the protestors on Saturday as they baton-charged and teargassed them, turning Azadi Chowk into a battlefield.
\nThe police even removed the sit-in camp of the Awami Action Committee. Police also arrested Faisal Jameel Kashmiri from the protest site.
\nHowever, DSP Ishtiaq Geelani was injured when he was pelted with a stone by a mob. Earlier, the police had managed to disperse the sit-ins in cities like Rawalakot, Bagh and Kotli.
\nAfter an indiscriminate police action, thousands of people came out on roads and marched towards the Central Press Club via Medina Market and Lal Chowk to show their solidarity with the Awami Action Committee.
\nThey shouted slogans against the police brutality and in support of the committee. Traders, too, shut down their shops to register their protest.
\nLed by Anjuman-e-Tajiran Central Chairman Shaukat Nawaz Mir, they marched towards the Azadi Chowk in the form of a rally.
\nSome people also held a sit-in at Adda Dhaki Aziz Chowk.
\nRebutting DSP Geelani\u2019s statement that total 10 people had been arrested, Mir said that the police had arrested 30 to 40 people instead.
\nWhile the DSP said that two police personnel had been injured in clashes with the protestors, Mir said dozens were injured in police crackdown.
\nHe ruled out the possibility of talks with the Force until and unless all detainees were released. \u201cOur charter of demands centers round the restoration of people\u2019s rights,\u201d he emphasized. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MUZAFFARABAD Following a successful crackdown on the people protesting against inflated electricity bills in other cities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), police in capital Muzaffarabad, too, came down hard on the protestors on Saturday as they baton-charged and teargassed them, turning Azadi Chowk into a battlefield. The police even removed the sit-in camp of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-359260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n