Srinagar, Jul 13: Minister for School Education, Health & Medical Education, and Social Welfare, Sakina Itoo, on Monday said she tried to pay her humble tributes to the martyrs of July 13 at 4:30 am, but was prevented from visiting the Mazar-e-Shuhada due to the heavy deployment of security forces.
“I tried to visit the Mazar-e-Shuhada at 4:30 AM today to pay my humble tributes to our martyrs of 13th July. However, due to the heavy deployment of security forces and extensive barbed-wire barricading around the graves, I was prevented from entering,” Itoo said.
Itoo said that physical barriers cannot prevent people from honouring the supreme sacrifices of the martyrs. “We will continue to pay our tributes with dignity and unwavering respect.
“Their memory, courage, and legacy will forever remain alive in our hearts,” she said.
Sakina was accompanied by JKNC Women’s Wing Provincial President Er. Sabiya Qadri.
A siege of concertina wires, plastic barricades, GI sheets and poles has been laid near Nowhatta to prevent access to the graveyard today.
Sources in the establishment said the restrictions have been imposed in the city to prevent a repeat of last year’s incident, when Chief Minister Omar Abdullah scaled a fence to offer tributes after police locked the gates.
I tried to visit the Mazar-e-Shuhada at 4:30 AM today to pay my humble tributes to our martyrs of 13th July. However, due to the heavy deployment of security forces and extensive barbed-wire barricading around the graves, I was prevented from entering. I was accompanied by the… pic.twitter.com/8ca75MSHRX
— Sakina Itoo (@sakinaitoo) July 12, 2026
