However, the protesters refused to disperse and tried to stage a sit-in. The women CRPF personnel rounded the protestors into police vehicles. Earlier, the police also tried to stop the protesting women from distributing a statement to the media.

"We the women of Kashmir disapprove the unilateral decision taken by the government of India to revoke Article 370, 35A and downgrade and split the state of Jammu and Kashmir," the statement said.

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Demanding restoration of civil liberties and fundamental rights of the citizens, the women said they feel "betrayed, humiliated and violated as people". They also demanded immediate release of detainees and demilitarisation of rural and urban areas.

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