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While the authorities and the administration claimed that Eid celebrations on Monday, 12 August, in Jammu and Kashmir were peaceful, The Quint found remarkable despondence and fear on ground.
Refusing to speak on camera, the doctor expressed fear and said, “This interview is also in a risk. I am taking the risk of giving an interview right now. I don't know where I am or which country I belong. And I don't know where I will go.”
The doctor claimed that 10-15 cases of pellet gun injuries and 2-3 cases of bullet injuries have been registered at the hospital in which he works.
He added that under curfew, the sustenance of medical facilities will prove difficult.
“We are only open for emergency surgeries and all the wards have been directed that only emergencies will be treated and not the elective surgeries because we can't sustain it for long. We'll run out of fuel, equipment, medicine and food,” he said.
An eerie calm has ensconced Jammu and Kashmir since the crackdown last week, and the doctor foresees a worsening of the state of affairs.
“I am not hopeful for any change. I think it is going to go downhill from here. If they open up the situation and let people through, then people are going to protest, and they will die. It is going to spiral out of control now,” he said, adding that the government needs to come up with a resolution.
The iron curtain of the restrictions in Jammu & Kashmir can be exemplified by the fact that the doctor has not been able to contact his family or go home for eight days now.
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