In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities have converted the South Kashmir into a military garrison weeks ahead of the annual Amarnath yatra, causing huge inconvenience to the locals.

Indian paramilitary personnel equipped with high-tech gadgets are seen patrolling roads while vehicles and passengers are subjected to vigorous checking.

India has approved 300 additional paramilitary companies for deployment in the territory, already the highest militarized zone in the world.

Scores of bullet-proof police vehicles and bunkers have been installed in the name of security for Hindu pilgrims.

Political observers who are witnessing the situation say that the Hindutva groups want to expand the yatra as a means of showing maximum Hindu presence in the Valley.

Meanwhile, pursuing the Israeli model of dislodging the Palestinians from their lands India continues to confiscate the Kashmiris’ lands and properties.

APHC leaders Davinder Singh Behl, Narender Singh Khalsa, Mir Shahid Saleem and Muhammad Aaqib in their separate statements issued in Jammu said that Narendra Modi and his government are suppressing Kashmiris with the use of cruel state apparatus.

They said that massive house raids and search operations by Indian forces cannot stop the Kashmiris from demanding their promised right to self-determination.