Tension grips Rajouri district; Indefinite curfew imposed in Rajouri; PMO and MHA team visits Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir; Cop injured in attack
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    • According to reports, nearly half a dozen people were injured when two groups clashed in border town of Rajouri during a religious procession. According to reports members of one community took out a religious procession from the Sanatan Dharam Sabha and when it reached the bus stand area there was a heated argument between the two groups. Soon both the sides indulged in stone pelting which lasted for more than an hour.

    Later police reached the spot and used force to disperse the crowd. Reports said that situation is tense in many localities of the town and administration has deployed additional forces to restore peace. 1 Further, indefinite curfew was clamped in the border township of Rajouri while police arrested about half a dozen persons during raids at various places as tension between two communities continues. Sources said the restrictions on public movement, imposed as a precautionary measure following bandh and protest calls by the two communities. Alleged inflammatory remarks by Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia at a public rally and subsequent clashes between members of two communities has sent tempers high in the town. 2

    Reports noted that a team of officers from Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Union Home Ministry arrived in Kupwara on an assessment tour. Officials said the three-member team comprising Prime Minister’s advisor, T K A Nair, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (Kashmir Desk), K Skandan and Director, Prime Minister’s Office, Dheeraj Gupta visited the frontier district of Kupwara. Prime Minister’s advisor took review of newly constructed two room residential quarters for Kashmiri Pandit migrants at Nuttnusa and Khumriyal. According to sources the officers from PMO would meet Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, Chief Secretary Madhav Lal and other top dignitaries in Jammu before winding up their visit. 3

    In other developments, according to reports, unidentified gunmen fired at a police constable at Sariabala. Militants fired upon a police constable near the shrine of Hazrat Dastgeer Sahib causing injuries to him. 4

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