Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 22: City center Lal Chowk today observed shutdown in protest against the continuous ‘hounding’ of Kashmiris outside.
Chairman Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation Yasin Khan told protesters that from past seven decades the business fraternity has been badly hit. “If this hounding of Kashmiris in Jammu and elsewhere in India is not checked then we will come on roads and the protests will escalate,” Khan said.
He said that since Kashmir is a ‘conflict zone’ many things will happen but ‘there is a need to solve the issue’. “We want this solve this issue,” he added.
The protesters shut their shops and assembled to protest against the harassments of Kashmiris including students and businessmen. The protest was organised by Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other business fraternity.
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