DPM condemns surge in crackdown by Indian troops in IIOJK.

ISLAMABAD -- Chairman of Democratic Political Movement (DPM), Khawaja Firdous, has strongly condemned the surge in arrest spree by Indian troops in the territory ahead of India's Republic Day, the 26th January.

Khawaja Firdous said the troops were arresting, harassing and victimizing the Hurriyat activist and youth during house raids and crackdown operations in occupied territory, reported.

He said action was aimed preventing the people from holding anti-India demonstrations on the Indian Republic Day. He said that India had no right to celebrate its republic Day in IIOJK as it was holding the territory against the will of the Kashmiri people.

He denounced the plight of illegally detained Hurriyat leaders, activists and youth, languishing in different jails of India and IIOJK. He said the political detainees...