Srinagar: February 11 crowds came out here on the streets shouting pro Pakistan and anti-India slogans. They were observing February 1] as the black day to record their strong feelings over the hanging of Kashmir Liberation Front leader, Maqbool Bhatt, on this day a year ago. Maqbool Bhatt was sentenced to death on the charge of murdering a police inspector. Posters had appeared on the walls of all the major cities and towns of the valley appealing the shopkeepers not to open their shops.
Crowds surrounded a parked police van and put it on fire. The police opened fire at the crowd, killing one person and injuring many. Clashes also took place in other towns.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 15, 1985
