2010 Kashmir unrest

The Quit Kashmir Movement or Quit JK Movement (Jammu Kashmir Chood Do Tehreek) is a civil disobedience movement launched by Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Indian Administered Kashmir in June 2010. The call for this campaign was given for complete demilitarization of Indian Administered Kashmir. The separatists held Indian Forces responsible for various human rights abuses including Machil fake encounter, killing of dozens of innocent youth, outraging chastity of women, destroying property and exploitation of natural resources of Indian Administered Kashmir. They claimed that "the oppression has reached the extreme" which resulted in the launching of ‘Quit Jammu and Kashmir Movement’. The campaign was also aimed to reiterate the call for the Right to Self-Determination for the people of Indian Administered Kashmir as was promised by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1947, the then Prime Minister of Indian state, under the auspices of United Nation. Due to killing of several of teeagers in 2010, the year 2010 has been marked as the year of teenage killing in Kashmir.

Background: Machil Fake Encounter

On April 30, 2010 Indian Army claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC), diving line between two parts of Jammu and Kashmir, at Machil Sector in Kupwara district by killing three infiltrators from Pakistan.. However, latter it came to be known that the three youth were civilians of Rafiabad area, namely Riyaz Ahmed Lone S/o Mohammad Yousuf Lone, Shehzad Ahmed Khan S/o Ghulam Mohammad Khan and Mohammad Shafi Lone S/o Abdul Rashid Lone, who had went missing after a local counter-insurgent, namely Bashir Ahmed, led them to Sonapindi area for working as “porters” for the Army. On June 11, there were protests against these killings in the downtown area of Srinagar. Police used massive force to disperse the protesting youth during which a teargas bullet killed a seventeen year old Tufail Ahmad Mattoo who was playing cricket in Gani memorial Stadium. Several protest marches were organized across the Valley in response to the killings which were met with indiscriminate firing by the security forces deployed in the region. Thereafter a vicious circle was set, killing of a boy was followed by protest demonstrations an clashes with police and CRPF in which another boy was killed which led to anther protest by the boys till youth lost their lives.

Suppression Of The Movement

Almost all of the separatists leader were arrested immediatetly after the killing of tufail Ahmad. Besides, the valley was put under complete curfew. During this period around thousands of protesters were arrested under infamous Public Safety Act. Dozens of teeenagers were killed in CRPF firing.

Dead

Date	Name	Age	Residence	Details
11 June	Tufail Ahmad Mattoo	17	Saida Kadal, Srinagar.	Police allegedly aimed a teargas shell at his head at Rajouri Kadal..
19 June	Rafiq Ahmad Bangroo	-	Dana Mazaar, Srinagar	Beaten by members of the Central Reserve Police Force near his home in old Srinagar on 12 June, died of his injuries.
20 June	Javed Ahmad Malla	17	Noorbagh(Qamarwari), Srinagar	Died when mourners, returning from Bangroo’s burial, attacked a CRPF bunker, causing its occupants to open fire.
25 June	Shakeel Ahmad Ganai Firdous Ahmad Khan	17 18	Sopore Sopore	Both were killed when the CRPF fired at protesters in Sopore.
27 June	Bilal Ahmad Wani	22	Kralteng, Sopore	Died following CRPF firing in Sopore.
28 June	Asif Ahmad Rather Tajamul Bashir Bhat	9 20	Sopore Sopore	Killed in Delina killed in Sopore
29 June	Ishtiyaq Ahmed Khanday Imtiyaz Ahmed Itoo Shujaat-ul-Islam	15 18 19	All were from Islamabad	Police personnel allegedly shot them at point blank range inside a residential house in Anchidora locality in Islamabad.
5 July	Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat	17	Gangbugh Batamaloo, Srinagar.	Died in CRPF custody in Srinagar.
6 July	Fayaz Ahmad Wani Fancy Jan Abrah Ahmad Khan	24 25 18	Tengpora Batamaloo. Srinagar. Danderkhah Batamaloo, Srinagar. Maisuma, Srinagar.	shot by the CRPF during Bhat’s funeral procession in Srinagar the first woman to die, killed when a bullet hit her as she watched events from a window in her house killed during protests over Wani’s death.
17 July	Faizan Rafeeq Buhroo	13	Jalal Sahab, Baramulla.	Drowned in river Jhelum while being chased by the SOG personnel of the police following protests in the area.
19 July	Fayaz Ahmad Khanday	22	Kreeri, Baramulla.	Died when CRPF opened fire near DC office Baramulla on the funeral procession of Faizan Rafeeq Buhroo.
25 July	Farooq Ahmad Bhat Tariq Ahmad Dar	28 -	SD Colony, Batamaloo, Srinagar. Panzala, Rafiabad, Baramulla.	Tortured to death and thrown in Kate Kol, Kani Kadal, Srinagar.Police refuted the allegation and claimed that it was a suicidal case. Allegedly killed in police custody. Police refuted the allegation and claimed that it was a suicidal case.
30 July	Muhammad Ahsan Ganai Showkat Ahmad Chopan Muhammad Rafiq Bhat Nazir Ahmad Mir	50 17 14 32	Amargarh, Sopore. Amargarh, Sopore. Palhalan, Pattan. Sheeri, Baramulla.	First two were killed allegedly in CRPF firing near Amargadh, Sopore. Second two were also killed in police bullets during protests at Palhallan, Pattan on Srinagar-Varmul road.
31 July	Mudasir Ahmad Lone Javaid Ahmad Teli	20 23	Harpora, Naid Khai, Bandipora. Bangla Bagh, Baramulla.	Allegely killed in police firing at Naidkhai when protesters attacked a nearby SOG camp. Allegedly killed in CRPF firing during protests at Baramulla (Varmul).
1 August	Rayees Ahmad Wani Nayeem Ahmad Shah Afroza Teli Tariq Ahmed Dar. 5 Others Still To be identified.	18 20 17 17 Unknown	Pampore. Galwanpora, Hyderpora, Srinagar Khrew, Pulwama. Bijbehara. Khrew	Died when CRPF men opened fire on protesters in Pampore. Died when CRPF men opened fire on protesters in Pampore. A bullet hit her head also killed during alleged police firing on protesters. Was shot in the head during protests at the highway town of Bijbehara, succumbed at SKIMS taking the Sunday. Died in a mysterious blast when a group of protesters set ablaze a police post at Khrew - adjoining an army formation. killed when the CRPF fired at protesters in Khrew.
2 August	Aashiq Husasain Bhat Muhammad Yaqoob Bhat Bashir Ahmad Reshi Arshid Ahmad Khursheed Ahmad War Sameer Ahmad Rah	14 22 44 Teenager 22 9	Waheipora, Kulgam. Zadoora, Pulwama. Wachi, Pulwama. Reshipora, Islamabad. Shumnag, Kupwara. Sheikh Dawood Colony, Batamaloo, Srinagar.	allegedly killed in CRPF firing at Kulgam. allegedly killed in CRPF firing near Pulwama. allegedly shot dead by policemen near Sangam bridge and the body thrown into river Jhelum. allegedly tortured to death. allegedly killed in SOG firing near Kralpora in district Kupwara. Beaten to death after police men caught hold of him during "peaceful" protests in the area.
3 August	Mehraj-u-din Lone Anis Ahmad Reyaz Ahmed Bhat	24 17 25	Qamarwari Dangerpora Narwara. Khrew	Killed in Police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force firing at barthana. Anis had received a bullet injury in his abdomen during a protest demonstration against the killings and died at the hospital. He was injured in clashed between Indian Forces at Khrew on 1 August.

See also

• Zakoora And Tengpora Massacre
• Gawakadal massacre
• Sopore massacre
• Bomai Killing, 2009
• Kashmir
• India
• Pakistan