Wearing Burqa, Sakina Itoo Attempts to Visit Mazar-e-Shuhada, Says She Was Stopped
Jammu and Kashmir minister Sakina Itoo reported being blocked by security forces from visiting the Mazar-e-Shuhada graveyard to pay tributes to martyrs. The area was heavily barricaded, preventing her and other officials from entering the site.
Why it matters
The incident underscores ongoing political tensions and security restrictions in the Jammu and Kashmir region regarding commemorative events.
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) leader and Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Health and Medical Education, School Education, Higher Education and Social Welfare, Sakina Itoo, on Monday said she was prevented from visiting the Mazar-e-Shuhada in Srinagar to pay tributes to the martyrs of July 13, 1931, due to heavy security deployment and extensive barbed-wire barricading around the graveyard.
In a post on X, Itoo said she attempted to visit the martyrs’ graveyard at around 4:30 am but was not allowed to enter. She was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Women’s Wing Provincial President Sabiya Qadri.
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