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Rising suicide trend among Indian troops
March 04, 2021

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In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, in successive incidents of suicides, another Indian soldier claimed his life in Srinagar, today, raising the toll to three in the past two days in the territory.

According to KMS, these incidents have raised the number of such deaths among Indian troops and police personnel in the occupied territory to 493 since January 2007.

Psychological experts have cited the realization of fighting a futile war against a hostile general public besides fear of attacks by freedom fighters as reasons behind rising suicide tendency.

In their statements in Srinagar, Chairman of International Forum for Justice Human Rights Jammu and Kashmir Mohammad Ahsan Untoo and Jammu and Kashmir Youth Social and Justice League said thousands of people were arrested by Indian authorities to prevent them from raising voice against New Delhi’s illegal move.

The US government-funded think-tank, Freedom House, in its 2021 report says India’s status as a free country has changed to partly free because Narendra Modi government is tragically driving country towards authoritarianism.

The report said political rights and civil liberties in India have deteriorated since Modi became Prime Minister in 2014.

It said BJP’s policies against Muslims and other minority communities have led to a deterioration of political and civil liberties in India.

On the other hand, the United States says it continues to follow developments in IIOJK closely saying Washington’s policy with regard to Kashmir has not changed.

US State Department Spokesperson, Ned Price speaking to reporters at his daily news conference in Washington said that the country continues to support direct dialogue between Pakistan and India on Kashmir.