Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Monday, in a statement said that the shutdown against the Shopian killings will continue on Tuesday also.
In a statement, the JRL comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Fraooq and Yasin Malik added that on April 4, the entire leadership will move towards Shopian to express solidarity and condolences to the bereaved families.
They also said that the claim of the authorities that the leadership is ‘free’ stands exposed.
“The claims made by the agencies of the ruling regime that leadership is now free to move stands completely exposed as within two days of it we were again put under arbitrary house arrest and Yasin Sahab detained in jail,” they said.
The leadership will also address a public rally in Shopian. “People have been asked to peacefully protest Shopian killings at their local mosques after Zuhr Prayers,” they said, in the statement.
Thirteen militants were killed in separate gunfights at Dragad and Kachdor villages of Shopian on Sunday.
One militant Rouf Bashir Khanday was killed and his associate Imran Rashid was arrested during an overnight gunfight at Brunty Dialgam in Anantnag district.
The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik on Sunday called for a Kashmir-wide shutdown. The shutdown call was for Sunday and Monday initially, but was later extended to Tuesday.
Four civilian youth were killed, while a dozen others were injured near the gunfight sites, and the clashes that followed.
