SRINAGAR: The national flag was hoisted at the residence of Javid Mattu associated with Hizbul Mujahideen. Javid's brother Raees raised the tricolour flag. The picture of Raees holding the national flag has already garnered significant attention. A video of Raees waving the flag with enthusiasm is also circulating. Raees' home is located in Sopore, Kashmir.

Javed Mattu who is also known as Faisal, Saqib, and Musaib, is one of the ten militants whom security forces are attempting to apprehend. Despite threats from militants in Kashmir, people in districts including Srinagar and Budgam celebrated Independence Day by hoisting the tricolour flag.

A massive Thiranga rally was organized in Srinagar on Sunday. ‘Those who predicted that there would be no one left to hoist the tricolour in Jammu and Kashmir are now participating in raising the national flag,’ Jammu and Kashmir's Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha stated.