In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred one more youth on Friday.

The troops martyred the youth in a fake encounter during a cordon and search operation in Dassal Mehari area of Rajouri district of Jammu region. The operation was going on till reports last came in.

The Special Investigation Unit of Indian police attached an under construction residential house of a Hurriyat activist, Muhammad Ishaq Malik, at Danwathpora in Kokernag area of South Kashmir's Islamabad district. India's dreaded National Investigation Agency and SIU have so far attached the headquarters of All Parties Hurriyat Conference in Srinagar and several houses and properties belonging to pro-freedom leaders and organizations including the Jamaat-e-Islami across IIOJK.

Meanwhile, people staged a protest demonstration during a so-called anti-encroachment drive at Shaheedi Chowk in Kathua district, today. The protest broke out after the people of the area came to know that the authorities were dismantling a commercial building at the Chowk.

Senior APHC leader, Professor Abdul Ghani Butt, in a statement issued in Srinagar today said the Kashmir dispute is the main cause of tension between Pakistan and India and the two countries should resolve it through a peaceful dialogue process.

On the other hand, Indian National Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi, during an interaction with journalists at the National Press Club in Washington DC said that press freedom is under threat in India under the rule of Bharatiya Janata Party.