Online Desk: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Indian forces, in their latest act of state terrorism, martyred a Kashmiri youth in Doda district.

According to Kashmir Media Service, personnel of the Indian police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) martyred the youth, identified as Arif Hussain, after opening indiscriminate fire during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in the Bhaderwah area of the district.

During the operation, Indian forces subjected local residents to severe harassment, detained a religious scholar and barred journalists from entering the area.

An Indian police official claimed that three police personnel were also injured during the firing incident. However, no independent confirmation of the claim was immediately available.

Meanwhile, the occupation authorities suspended internet services across Doda district in a bid to prevent news of the killing from spreading and to suppress public protests.

Additional contingents of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police were deployed across Bhaderwah town, while the cordon and search operation was continuing till the filing of this report.

Meanwhile, authorities in the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh state have ordered the demolition of most buildings at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, an institution founded by jailed Muslim opposition leader Azam Khan, in the latest action widely viewed as part of a sustained campaign of political and religious persecution under the state’s Hindutva regime.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the Rampur Development Authority has ordered the demolition of 38 of the university’s 40 buildings, alleging they were constructed without the required planning approvals, Indian news portal The Wire reported. The university has been given 15 days to remove the structures, failing which the authorities will carry out the demolition.

The move is the latest in a series of actions targeting Azam Khan, a senior leader of the opposition Samajwadi Party and former Uttar Pradesh minister. Since the BJP came to power in the state in 2017, Khan, his wife and son have been booked in dozens of politically motivated and fabricated cases, while properties linked to the family have been demolished, seized or subjected to repeated investigations.