Srinagar: Claiming that the killing of innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir was engineered to spark communal tension and defame the "movement" in the state, Hurriyat Conference on July 15 said it will organise a march on July 20 to protest killings by unidentified gunmen.

The killing of innocent people in Qasim Nagar near Jammu is part of the game plan being implemented in the state for several years aimed at to harm the communal amity in the state, the separatist amalgam said in a statement.

Hurriyat has always condemned all such incidents and demanded an impartial inquiry but government has always rejected the demand and covered up such incidents, it said in the statement issued after a meeting of its seven-member executive committee.

"The protest march on Saturday is to mobilise the people of the state against the conspirators behind the innocent killings, growing incidents of state terrorism and unveil the conspiracies behind such killings," it said.

"Hurriyat respects human lives and their religious places and calls upon people of Jammu and Kashmir to foil the conspiracies aimed at defaming the ongoing movement," it said.

"The basic purpose behind such incidents was nothing but to harm the unity and integrity of people of Jammu and Kashmir and break their will," it said.

PTI