Srinagar, July 28, 2018: All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Saturday strongly condemned the cordon-and-search operations launched by government forces in various parts and in Lal Chowk Srinagar, saying police and forces are unnecessarily harassing and intimidating civilians and business community on one pretext or the other.
“Targeting business hub and busy areas is a deep conspiracy. Carrying searches of commercial establishments and frisking commuters is having detrimental effect on business activities in crowded market place in Lal Chowk,” said a spokesman of Hurriyat in a statement issued today.
The spokesman further said that a delegation of Hurriyat visited the families of of Bilal Ahmad and Suhail Ahmad, the militants who were killed in an encounter in Anantnag.
