Videos showing Rightwing activists attacking Kashmiri shawl traders are surfacing every few days, mostly from Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana, provoking anger in the Valley. ADVERTISEMENTThe Union home ministry recently condemned an attack on a Kashmiri in Uttarakhand, saying such crimes would not be tolerated. They are treading Hitler’s path and want to create a Hitler’s regime,” he told reporters in Srinagar, replying to a question on the attacks on Kashmiris. The struggle becomes even tougher when they find you are a Kashmiri Muslim,” the woman purportedly says in the video. Farooq, in his comments, also prayed for peace and friendship between India and its neighbours in the new year.

Source: The Telegraph January 02, 2026 02:17 UTC