MT Desk: The German government has refused to allow small arms manufacturers to sell small arms to India, citing widespread human rights abuses in Kashmir. This news has been given in several newspapers including Telegraph of India. Germany, India`s number one trading partner in Europe and number six in the world, fears that these small arms will be used against the people of Kashmir. Earlier, Germany had stopped supplying arms to India citing human rights violations in Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Recently, a Belgian arms dealer canceled the supply of small arms and assault rifles worth Rs 20 crore to India`s Special Frontier Force (SFF) for the same reason. Meanwhile, the people of Kashmir have put up posters on the walls and light posts in the streets of Srinagar and surrounding areas in protest of the upcoming visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Kashmir. Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Kashmir any day after February 25. The visit is planned to show that the situation in Kashmir is now normal, Kashmir Media Services (KMS) reported on Sunday. But a poster printed on the wall reads in Urdu, "Kashmir is rejecting Narendra Modi`s visit." The blood of the Kashmiri people is in Modi`s hands. Modi wants to plant BJP`s Hindutva in Kashmir. Narendra Modi, meanwhile, wants to eradicate Kashmir’s Muslim heritage and culture by changing the proportion of the population. At the same time, military convoys are patrolling the streets of Srinagar. Security has been beefed up in the wake of two policemen killed in clashes with Kashmiri guerrillas in Badgam district on Friday. Meanwhile, police have arrested two local youths in Bandipora district. They have been accused of aiding separatist militants in the area. In addition, a journalist named Saad Gul has been detained in the Bandipora area for covering the eviction of government forces. Saad Gul sent a letter to the Kashmir Press Club, alleging that he had thrown stones at the police. Journalists are being harassed by the introduction of a restraining media law in Kashmir in June last year. Journalists in Kashmir are protesting the law.

Sources: Telegraph, Kashmir Media Services.