Curfew lifted in the town of Rajouri; Grenade attack near SHMS Hospital in Srinagar; Religious personality shot at, injured
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  • According to reports, curfew was lifted in Rajouri town of Jammu and Kashmir following improvement in the situation even as dialogue between the two communities was on to restore calm in the trouble-torn area. To restore normalcy in the town, leaders of the two communities met in the presence of Ministers Surjeet Salathia and Shabir Khan. Senior police and civil officials were also present at the meeting. Curfew was clamped on the town after some unidentified persons pelted stones at a religious procession, prompting security personnel to burst tear gas shells to disperse them. The stone-hurlers were protesting against VHP International president Praveen Togadia's recent remarks which, they alleged, had hurt sentiments of a particular community. 1

    In another development, reports noted that two CRPF personnel were injured in a grenade attack on their picket by militants in Karan Nagar area of the city. Unidentified militants lobbed a grenade on a CRPF picket outside the OPD block of SMHS hospital. Two paramilitary personnel suffered minor injuries in the blast which created panic among the passersby.
    No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the grenade attack so far. 2

    In other developments, according to reports, Peer Jalal-ud-din, a prominent religious personality was shot at and injured by unidentified assailants at his Batamaloo house on March 17, 2012. Taking cover of darkness, assailants pumped bullets into Jalal-ud-Din’s right leg and injuring him critically. 3

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