In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, complete strike was observed all across the territory, today (Thursday), to mourn the custodial killing of senior APHC leader and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai in Jammu’s Udhampur jail.

Call for the strike was given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and other Hurriyat leaders and organizations.

Funeral prayers and dua majalis were held in Nowgam, Hyderpora, Barzulla, Nowakadal in Srinagar and other areas of the valley despite curfew and restrictions.

In Kupwara areas, strict curfew was imposed to stop pro-freedom protests and to express solidarity with Sehrai’s family in Lolab.

Earlier, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai was laid to rest amid tight military siege in his ancestral village Tekipora in Lolab area of Kupwara. 

On the other hand, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three Kashmiri youth in Shopian district today.

The troops martyred the youth during a cordon and search operation in Imam Sahab area of the district.