Kashmir Martyr's Day: Mehbooba appeals to maintain peace in valley

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): Keeping in view the massive unrest that hit Srinagar post the killing of Burhan Wani, Hizbul Mujahideen commander; Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday appealed to people of the Valley to maintain peace while marking the occasion of 86th Kashmir Martyrs’ Day. "We should take into consideration that many jawans have sacrificed their lives for us. We must protect the legacy for which martyrs sacrificed their lives in 1931. We must protect and preserve that. I appeal to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to maintain peace in the Kashmir Valley," she told the media here. "There are some elements here who want to disrupt peace and want to destroy the atmosphere. We shouldn't give in to them and maintain peace," she added. Mehbooba and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah paid tributes to the martyrs of 1931. The Kashmir Martyrs Day is observed on this day every year on both sides of the LoC to commemorate the supreme sacrifices of Kashmiri martyrs they gave this day in 1931 when the Dogra troops shot dead 22 Kashmiris in front of the Central Jail Srinagar.