SRINAGAR: Kashmiri militants have destroyed outcast 40 temples and 150 houses of migrants the first week of December even as pro-militant political leaders urged Islamic countries to enforce economic blockade on India for the Ayodhya incident.
Most of the incidents in the post Ayodhya period have been reported from rural Kashmir especially. Anantnag district in-south Kashmir and Baramulla and Kupwara districts in north Kashmir. In Srinagar city a temple and seven migrant houses at Banamoholla and cremation shed at Karan Nagar migrant houses at Jawahamagar Natipora and some other localities were burnt.
In villages like Wadipora in Kupwara Chinigund in Verinag in Anantnag Peba in Anantnag Shergund in Baramulla Chinigund in Doruin Anantnag and Kokernag and Check-E-Narian entire settlements of minority houses schools dharamshallas and ashrams were reduced to ashes.
Ayodhya incidents have given a fillip to the militant efforts for burning the abandoned properties of Hindus. While official figures including the latest incidents take the count of burnt houses to nearly 1400 the migrants allege that it is around 4000. A number of precious idols of antique value have also been burnt along with the temple buildings.
Among the houses burnt included that of eminent Kashmiri poet Sarwan and Premiand his son were brutally assassinated by militants in 1990.
Five residential barracks of a Private firm Thappar and Company were burnt at Kanagan.
The pro-militant leaders are trying to use the Ayodhya issue as a common point to create coordination and unity among the militants many of whom are fighting each other.
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