Witnesses and police sources said three persons, including a woman, were injured when security forces opened fire to disperse an unruly mob of protesters in south Kashmir district of Shopian. Residents said government forces visited homes in Srinagar before dawn and asked them to stay indoors.
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A group of protesters started a march from Shopian town at around 5 PM and as they reached near a police camp, some miscreants started pelting stones on the police installation, the official said.
Over 50 people, including some cops, were injured in fresh clashes across Kashmir after Friday prayers as protesters defied curfew restrictions re-imposed to prevent a separatist-called protest march. A police official said curfew was lifted from most parts of the Valley but restrictions on assembly of four or more people continued in entire Kashmir. “They were treated in local hospitals and are stable now”, he said.
INDIA reimposed a curfew in Kashmir yesterday in a botched bid to prevent a protest march that sparked violent clashes.
However, defying curfew restrictions, people took to the streets in Kawoosa and Magam areas of Budgam, Imam Sahab Shopian and Kanelwan area of Islamabad district.
Protesters hurled stones at Akhtar’s cavalcade as they had blocked the road with tree trunks and large stones to enforce the separatist shutdown.
“Maharajgunj, Anantnag town and Pampore town”, he said.
The reports of clashes and demonstrations were also reported from Narbal, Kunzar, Beerwah, Karhama and Aaripathan areas of Budgam district in which around a dozen people received injuries, including pellet injuries to two youths on Friday. Security forces in the city have come under extreme scrutiny for their use of pellet guns, which Home Miniser Rajanth Singh strongly advised them against, due to how many individuals had lost eyesight as a result. They have called for a protest march to Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar where they will offer Friday congregational prayers and address a public rally to pay homage to those killed in the current unrest.
The police, ahead of Jamia Masjid march detained Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. A policeman also died after protesters pushed his vehicle into a river. The war in question has been going on since 1947, when India was allowed independence from Britain.
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Since the killing of Mr Wani, who belonged to separatist insurgent organisation Hizbul Mujahideen, India’s part of Kashmir – the province is divided between India and Pakistan but claimed in its entirety by both – has been plunged into its worst violence for over six years.
