APHC spokesman said occupation authorities are denying political space to Kashmiris by repeatedly arresting them on fake charges to silence their voice of freedom.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the Indian army, paramilitary forces and police personnel as well as sleuths of dreaded agencies are regularly conducting cordon and search operations across the territory to harass the Kashmiri people.

Indian police have arrested S. Hamid Wani on April 18, 1998 in Soura area of Srinagar and later killed him in custody on the same day.

He says the Indian troops have stepped up cordon and search operations and illegal arrests of youth in the occupied territory ahead of the so-called Indian parliamentary elections.

According to Kashmir Media Service, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, in a message from New Delhi’s infamous Tihar Jail, said that elections can never be a substitute for the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people.

The three rescued are receiving treatment in Srinagar’s SMHS hospital.

The spokesman lamented that these prisoners continue to bear the brunt of victimization for raising voice for right to self-determination.