Tales of “hounding and harassment” were shared at a youth conference in Srinagar on Sunday (December 7, 2025) that sought to understand why local professionally qualified Kashmiris, including doctors with white-collar jobs, were turning to violence, an issue that came to the fore after the Red Fort blast in New Delhi.
Organised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the conference was attended by the relatives of active militants, youth facing militancy charges and students who get ‘hounded’ outside J&K after militant attacks in Kashmir.
“I was arrested just two hours before my exams for a law degree. Most of the rights I had read in the books were violated.
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