Screenshot of Raees' video message. 

A police constable in Indian-occupied Kashmir announced his resignation in protest against the brutalities being committed by the Indian army in the valley.

In a video message circulating on social media, police constable Raees said that he cant continue with his job due to the state-sponsored brutality as half of the Kashmiris have been jailed and the other half have turned blind due to the use of pellet guns.

?I am working as a police constable from last seven years. When I joined police I promised myself to serve the civilians,? he said. ?The law and order situation in Kashmir has turned worst for an unending period because the people in the area are demanding their due rights.?

In his over six-minute video, Raees said that the root cause of unrest in Kashmir is that the plebiscite promised to the Kashmiris never materialised.

?My conscience asked me every time that as a policeman is it right for me to see pool of blood of fellow Kashmiris. The solution I have come up with is that I will leave the job so that my conscience does not question me as I can tolerate anything but I cant silence my conscience.?

The latest wave of unrest started in the occupied valley with the killing of Burhan Wani, a commander of the Kashmir-based militant organisation Hizbul Mujahideen, by Indian security forces on 8 July 2016. 

After his killing, anti-Indian protests started in all 10 districts of the Kashmir Valley. Protesters defied curfew with attacks on security forces and public properties.

jammu and Kashmir Police and Indian paramilitary forces used pellet guns, tear gas shells, rubber bullets, resulting in the deaths of hundereds of  civilians, with over 15,000 civilians injured and as the result of pellet guns, many people also got blind.