'This is not a curfew. This is something else. I have not seen anything like this in my entire life. My wife is battling cancer and I can’t get her medicine.'
Waheed lies in a hospital bed after being wounded by 'pellets' fired by Indian forces as he played cricket in Srinagar. Doctors are not sure whether they can save his right eye. “The government had given relaxation in curfew in view of Friday prayers. I sent my son out to buy bread from across the road. Everything was calm. But he did not return even after an hour,” said Waqas’ mother.
The entire Kashmir Valley is under a brutal siege. The roads are teeming with Indian armed forces, with the token presence of local police. The mother of a pellet gun victim, Waqas. Waqas liver and both eyes have been damaged by steel pellets fired by Indian forces in Srinagar, Kashmir. Right outside Zargar’s home, there is a contigent of Central Reserve Police Force who ensure the curfew is enforced.But that was not the only hurdle to cross.
Article 370 and 35a were revoked through a special 'presidential order' that many have compared to an 'annexation' likening India's presence in Kashmir to a 'settler colonial'In the already densely militarised zone, the central government airlifted an additional 43,000 armed forces to the valley.
There are a few points set up where people can make one-minute calls to their families and Kashmiris are taking advantage of short-lived glitches that allow people to access the internet, especially near facilities like hospitals.
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