People Give New Deadline To Govt; Process To Shift CRPF On: IGP
SRINAGAR: After 22-days of continuous strike against civilian killings at Gagran, the people of Shopian have decided to call off their strike from Sunday while giving authorities a 12-days deadline to shift CRPF camp from Gagran or face a renewed agitation. The meeting however called for a strike on October 4, 7 and a peaceful protest demonstration on October 4 after Friday prayers.
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Abdul Ghani Mir reiterated that the administration is duty bound to implement the government order on shifting of CRPF from Gagran camp.
According reports a meeting of Shopian civil society that included representatives from Bar Association Shopian, traders federation, central contractors coordination committee, medical association, transporters association, fruit traders association, Auqaf Jamia mosque, Auqaf Jamia Aehl-e-Hadees and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat. The meeting took place at Nawa Mosque Shopian at around 9 am.
The meeting decided to call off the strike as the participants believed that the continuous strike has been affecting the socio-economic condition of the people which they felt was detrimental to their struggle. There was a consensus among the participants that if the government failed to meet the deadline to shift CRPF from Gagran then the people will be compelled to launch a strong agitation for which the government will be responsible.
It was also decided in the meeting that in case the government fails to shift the CRPF within the stipulated deadline (by or before October 10), the entire population of Gagran and its adjoining village Memendar will shift lock stock barrel to Main Chowk Shopian and stage a sit-in there.
In the meantime, the IGP Kashmir informed said that the shifting of CRPF was already under process and a contingent of CRPF has already left the camp. There is some repair work going on at the new location for CRPF and as soon as this work is complete you will find no CRPF personal at Gagran camp, he added.
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