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March A separatist Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz was killed on Monday in police firing. He was leading the march of thousands of protesters who were marching towards the PoK. A total of five people have died and more than 150 got injured in the police action when they used tear gas shells, lathicharge and fired at the violent protesters. People were marching towards PoK as a protest to the so called ‘economic’ blockade of the valley by the Jammu Hindu population. Hurriyat and some main stream political parties had given a call for the march in support of the apple growers . It was supported by Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kashmir Fruit Growers’ Association, Traders Federation and Lashkar-e-Toiba- a terrorist group.

Action State administration had placed some top Hurriyat and PDP leaders in house arrest on Sunday night as a move to prevent them from joining the Muzaffrabad march on Monday morning. Protesters were demanding opening of the road link between both of the divided parts of Kashmir so that they can sell their main crop of apples in the open market by the alternative road link as traffic between Jammu and Kashmir has severely been affected because of the Jammu agitations. Police deflated tires of some trucks and used tear gas shells when they were taking out a large cavalcade of fruit laden trucks towards Muzaffrabad.

Government Hurriyat has exploited the land transfer issue by portraying it as an India vs Kashmir Issue. But the way in which Jammu nationalists protested the revocation orders everyone was stunned to see the development. Hurriyat and PDP is mainly responsible for the present crisis in the valley. But the situation has raised some questions also about the Center government’s stand to address the issue. It is the history that Congress led government’s have never handled the Kashmir issue properly. When the state was burning they were busy playing political maneuvers in Delhi to save their government.