Kashmiri leaders and human rights organizations Sunday paid homage to the martyrs of Lal Chowk massacre, the day when Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) launched an arson attack on the main commercial centre of Srinagar that claimed the lives of 125 unarmed civilians on April, 10, 1993. Remembering the day, they urged the international human rights organizations to prosecute India for continued state terrorism and serious crimes against humanity in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Recalling the carnage, the wife of jailed Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik, Mushaal Hussein Mullick in a video message said that Lal Chowk marked the revolution and freedom struggle of Kashmir, adding that the symbolic word ‘Laal’ means for being red the blood of Kashmiris that spilled on the roads. On this day, she said a pre-planned incident took place by the BSF forces who burnt down the entire chowk at Srinagar. More than 60 houses, five commercial buildings, 250 shops, two official buildings, shrines, schools and 47 people were burnt alive, she added. “To set ablaze Lal Chowk Srinagar in 1993 was a deliberate attempt by the Indian occupational forces to consolidate the state terrorism, ” a citizen shared a post on his twitter account regarding the Day. We should not forget the people who laid down their lives in the hands of occupational forces, he said and vowed to raise voice for Kashmir freedom struggle.
Homage paid to the martyrs of Lal Chowk massacre
Kashmiri leaders and human rights organizations Sunday paid homage to the martyrs of Lal Chowk massacre, the day when Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) launched an arson attack on the main commercial centre of Srinagar that claimed the lives of 125 unarmed civilians on April, 10, 1993. Remembering the day, they urged the international human […]
