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India SC Orders Govt To Protect Kashmiris, Minorities

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court told centre and 10 states to prevent attacks against Kashmiris.

The Supreme Court today asked 10 states to take “prompt action” to ensure Kashmiris living across the country do not face social boycott or attacks, amid reports of threats and violence against them in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.

The 10 states are Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Punjab and Maharashtra.

“The chief secretaries, the DGPs and the Delhi Police Commissioner are directed to take prompt and necessary action to prevent incidents of threat, assault, social boycott etc against Kashmiris and other minorities,” a bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said.

The top court was hearing a petition filed by Supreme Court advocate Tariq Adeeb seeking protection for Kashmiris amid reports of harassment and attacks on them after last week’s Pulwama terror attack in which over 40 CRPF soldiers were killed.