br /> Lockdown was implemented all over the Valley as the first Corona-infected patient was identified March 19 in Indian-administered Kashmir. Police have taken stringent measures to enforce the lockdown that has been going on for the past ten days, during which 20 people, including two women and two children, have been infected with the virus, six of whom belong to Jammu.
Meanwhile, people in several areas of the Valley and Jammu have accused the police that they consider Lockdown a war.
Satish, a local citizen, told the BBC over the phone: 'The police are enjoying themselves, whomever they see on the street, they are hitting their ears. Obviously there is a lockdown, no tour will come out for Spaat, it will be compulsory. In fact, the police here have the habit of speaking the language of a stick. '
A man was traveling on the road with his son in Delina, in the northern district of Bara Mulla, on Friday, when he was stopped by police and beaten after light repetition. Video of the incident also went viral on social media.
Many circles have criticized the police for brutally enforcing lockdowns.
Journalist Pirzada Ashiq says, "The police and the forces here need to understand that this is not a law and order problem that the government has to implement in any way to please India."
He says, 'This has been the result of the practice of the police for 30 years. When the roads become deserted, they feel that every passing citizen is their victim. '
Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief Dil Bagh Singh has appealed to the people to cooperate with Lockdown, admitting that 326 cases have been registered in the last ten days against 600 people in Jammu and Kashmir, while 600 vehicles and shops have been booked. The gathering was not allowed in any mosque or monastery in Jammu and Kashmir.
Although religious parties appealed to the people to refrain from collective prayer Friday, in support of the government's decision, police in several areas detained several violating clerics and sermons.
The government has announced to supply essential goods to 200,000 households in Srinagar to make the lockdown 100% possible.
Government spokesman Rohit Kansal announced on Friday evening that 2400 beds have been allotted for coronas in hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir, while another 1,000 beds have been allocated for critical condition patients.
The police department was upset Friday evening when a police officer complained of severe asthma and coughing, after which he was transferred to a hospital for breast ailment, sending his blood sample to be examined. has been given.
All offices of the police watching the secret police and administrative affairs were closed on Saturday.
Several constituents have expressed concern over the strict enforcement of lockdowns by police. However, when Corona victims were confirmed in Kashmir last week, several community groups advocating for maintaining social distance appealed to the police to enforce the lockdown by force.
Addressing police on social media, journalist Majid Haidari, who participated in discussions on several TV channels in India, said that he does not believe in the ghosts of kicking. On his phrase, many constituents said that the police have now got a license to let everyone know as soon as they see it.
Of the 20 Corona victims, nine are currently from Srinagar, of which one has been killed. District Magistrate Shahid Iqbal Chaudhry has repeatedly appealed to people that lockdown is necessary to break the virus.
Tariq Ahmed, a resident of Safak Dil area of Srinagar, told the BBC: 'We think all this is happening for our sake. But when the opinion of the police and the public is one, then the attitude of enforcing lockdown in Kashmir should be different from the curfew that the police use to enforce it. We have been suffering for the last seven months. Police officers should explain to the personnel deployed on the street that if anyone exits, they should be questioned before stomping. '
Interestingly, several international organizations, including Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders, appealed to the Indian government to lift the ban on high-speed Internet from August last year so that people's lives could be simplified. However, on Friday, the government announced that it was not the right time to lift the ban because of the peace situation and therefore had to spend very slowly on the Internet.
After the winter holidays in Kashmir, schools and colleges had a few days left in the activities of the new school year that lockdown began in Kashmir. The business community had already written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi informing him that the situation created by tallies and curfews after the collapse of Kashmir's semi-autonomy last August caused a loss of Rs. Has happened.
"There is a difference between India and Kashmir," says businessman Abdul Majid Khan. They got bored in three days. We've been missing for seven months. Our trade is over. Five million people are unemployed. We all suffer from psychological stress. If someone goes out to buy milk powder for their baby and sticks on it, is that fair? The police should understand that it is Kashmir, not Delhi or Mumbai. We are already very worried. '