Tensions in India-Controlled Kashmir after Hindus Killed Muslim over Beef

Alwaght | News & Analysis Website

Alwaght-Tensions are running high in Indian-administered Kashmir following protests after the killing of a Muslim truck worker by extremist Hindus over beef consumption in the disputed Himalayan valley.
Indian authorities on Monday imposed a curfew in Srinagar, the region's main city, and several other parts of Kashmir following protests over the death of a truck worker attacked by extremist Hindus angered by rumors of cow slaughter.
18-year-old Zahid Rasool Bhat of south Kashmir’s Batengoo village succumbed to injuries on Sunday after a murderous assault by fanatic Hindus in Shiv Nagar area of Udhampur district on October 9.
Following the murder Kashmir Valley and several areas of Chenab Valley including Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar Monday observed a complete shutdown.
All commercial establishments and educational institutions in these places remained closed while traffic was completely off the roads. Government offices witnessed very thin attendance of employees.
Most of the separatist leaders were put under house arrest to prevent them from reaching Zahid’s native village Batengoo in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district to join his funeral prayers.
The call for shutdown was given by all separatist organizations and Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA)—an amalgam of various trade bodies—as a mark of protest against the killing of Zahid.
In old Srinagar, police had placed barbed wire on main roads while heavy contingent of police and paramilitary forces, manned the streets.
“It was curfew in old Srinagar,” said Abdus Samad Mir, a resident of Rajouri Kadal. “The entire downtown was turned into a ghost place.”
The Muslim-majority region of Kashmir has been the scene of violent clashes in recent years. Indian army soldiers are in constant clashes with the fighters seeking independence in the troubled region. Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan, but claimed in full by both, since the two countries gained independence from Britain in 1947.
The two countries have fought two of their three wars over their competing claims to Kashmir, though a 2003 ceasefire has largely held despite small but regular firefights.
Meanwhile India has seen an upsurge of anti-Muslim violence perpetrated by extremist Hindus on the pretext that Muslims are slaughtering cows which are sacred to Hindus.
Since Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi became India’s prime minister in a landslide victory in May 2014, there has been a sharp rise in anti-Muslim violence.

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