SRINAGAR: Hurriyet forum leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has denounced the unabated nocturnal raids and arbitrary arrests carried out by Indian forces in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). A press release issued on Tuesday cited a spokesman of the forum as saying that arresting innocent civilians, putting them in police stations and jails, ransacking their houses, breaking doors and window panes and creating a reign of terror in the entire area during night raids in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district was a ploy of the Indian authorities to suppress the sentiments, wishes and aspirations of the people for freedom. The spokesman strongly condemned the inhuman and vengeful attitude of the occupation authorities towards the youth and children. He said that these tactics are being used as a political vendetta against our youth. He added, “No matter how much pain and suffering the regime and their masters might try to inflict upon the people of Kashmir, let them be clear we are determined to achieve our right to decide our destiny.” The spokesman also demanded the immediate release of all Kashmiri political prisoners and youth and urged the world human rights bodies to impress upon India to stop human rights abuses in occupied Kashmir.