Thread by @vijaita

Hundreds waited outside the police station in Shopian to get info about their relatives, friends and neighbours last week.
Gulzar Ahmad Wagey has not seen his 11-year-old son for 22 days,he was picked up by security forces in the last week of Aug #kashmir thehindu.com/news/national/…

“I do not know why he was arrested. Saheb (Superintendent of Police) assured us that he will let me meet him,” said Mr. Wagey as he waited outside the Shopian headquarters. He later said the police had agreed to release his son.

Bilal Ahmad, resident of Shopian said that his neighbour Abdul Rauf (50), a government employee was missing for the past 40 days.
"We come here everyday to get information about him but have not succeeded so far. They are sending young men to jails outside the State," he said.

Shopian is one of the worst militancy-affected districts in South Kashmir. According to police, last year 42 men from Shopian joined various terrorist groups, while this year only 17 took to militancy. A police officer said that post Aug 5, only one man joined the terror group

All markets remain shut in Shopian. Muzaffar Ahamd Ganai said, “Earlier separatists used to give call for a strike. We are not bothered about them. This hartal [strike] is by the people. We will not resort to any violence but are ready to sacrifice business for our rights."

“We are called terrorists when we go outside the State. Mobile phones are down. We are rotting in our houses. We do not trust any political leader. Leaders like Farooq Abdullah who stood with India have been put in jail,” he added.

I can't name the boys who are in detention, they might be caught again....

Shopian residents rush to the SP office after they were told that the officer would meet them. They praised the efforts of SP saheb @Sandeep_IPS_JKP

Here is another video of them going inside the police headquarters to meet the officer. #kashmir