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Centre issues advisory asking states not to harass Kashmiris

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Srinagar, India, Feb 4, IRNA -- The Central Government has issued advisories to all states, directing authorities not to harass Kashmiris living outside Kashmir and end unnecessary delays in verifying their antecedents.

The move has been prompted by recommendations by the Central government's interlocutors involved in building a roadmap for Kashmir resolution.
In the advisory, issued on Thursday, the chief ministers of all states have been asked to instruct all police stations not to harass or trouble Kashmiris working or studying in different parts of the country.

Omar Abdullah had taken the matter up at the chief ministers’ conference in New Delhi yesterday, and New Delhi’s interlocutors for Kashmir too had reported complaints about harassment of Kashmiris outside to the home minister.

Meanwhile, normal life has come to a grinding halt in northern Kashmir town of Sopore against the recent killing of two sisters allegedly bu militants. The strike call has been given by the leader of the hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, considered patron of militants in Kashmir.

Geelani called for a shutdown in Sopore on Friday to protest against the killing of two local girls earlier this week, and asked people elsewhere in the state to hold demonstrations after congregational prayers to decry the incident.

In a statement, Geelani said that the killing of the two sisters on Monday was a mystery, but that the killers would not remain hidden for long and would have to face punishment for their deed.

Meanwhile, Home Minister P Chidambaram today reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir at a high-level meeting in Jammu attended by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and stressed the need for a strong coordination among various agencies to stamp out militancy there.

Chidambaram, who arrived there on a two-day visit to the state yesterday, discussed the latest intelligence inputs and cross-border infiltration at the meeting that lasted over an hour.