FIR was lodged as there were flags of Iran-backed outfit during procession, says cops. Srinagar MP, PDP functionaries slam arrests made under stringent law.
From the time of before Aurangzeb and EIC to the Dogras and now. Shias have been sidelined and systematically targeted. This procession is a step towards coexistence.
Permission was given to Shia mourners after 5 weeks of deliberations & security review, several conditions, and assurances by community leaders that event would be held peacefully.
Srinagar officials claim at least 200-250 Shia mourners, looking to take out Muharram processions, were left injured. Police says they fired pellet guns in response to stone-pelting.
Supreme Court was hearing a PIL by Syed Kalbe Jawad, a Shia cleric from Lucknow, who sought permission for Muharram processions with 5 participants in view of Covid-19.
Members of Dawoodi Bohra community are not going to mosques during the Ashara Mubaraka period observed in Muharram month, and are praying at home due to Covid pandemic.
Srinagar residents plan processions on Muharram despite security clampdown, say it's unfair to stop followers from observing festival that holds deep meaning for them.
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