Kashmir Valley remains tense, stray incidents of violence
Police said the situation across the rest of the Valley remained peaceful and security forces were keeping a close vigil.
After
two days of violent protests, Kashmir Valley on Sunday remained tense
with stray incidents of stone-pelting in Budgam district over the
killing of a teenage boy in police firing yesterday.
“There
were minor incidents of stone-pelting in Narbal area in Budgam to
protest Saturday’s firing incident in which a boy was killed but no one
was injured in the intermittent clashes through the day,” a police
official said.
Most of the shops in and around Lal Chowk in the city remained shut fearing law and order problems.
Police said the situation across the rest of the Valley remained peaceful and security forces were keeping a close vigil.
An
uneasy calm prevailed in the Valley as authorities placed Syed Ali Shah
Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and several other separatist leaders under
house arrest to foil their plans for holding protests against the
killing of 16-year-old Suhail Ahmad Sofi at Narbal in Budgam district in
central Kashmir.
While the Mirwaiz was put under
house arrest on Saturday, Geelani continued to be under house arrest for
the third consecutive day, police officials said.
They
said a posse of police personnel had been posted outside the residences
of these separatist leaders to prevent them from leading protests at
Residency Road here in the afternoon.
The teenager
was killed yesterday while two other youths were injured when security
forces fired upon demonstrators at Narbal as they were protesting
against the killing of two youths in an army operation in Tral area of
Pulwama district on Monday.
Two policemen including
an officer have been arrested in connection with Sofi’s killing while
the SHO of the concerned police station has been taken off active duty.
Both Mirwaiz and Geelani had called for a shutdown in Budgam district against Sofi’s killing.
Geelani,
who termed the killing as “act of state terrorism”, had appealed to
separatist leaders to assemble at Pratap Park in Lal Chowk in Srinagar
on Sunday at 2 p.m. to register their protest.
A
group of second rung Hurriyat leaders led by Altaf Ahmad Shah managed to
reach the Residency Road here and staged peaceful protests.
Geelani,
in a statement, said Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s slogan
about “talks and not bullets” for resolution of Kashmir issue has proved
to be hollow.
“Since he (Sayeed) took over the
reins, three youths have been killed by the forces. As the head of the
Unified Headquarters, he is directly responsible for these deaths,”
Geelani added.
Keywords: Kashmir violence, violent clashes, Geelani, Mirwaiz, Kashmir Valley, stray incidents of violence
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