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2 dead, 20 injured in Kishtwar violence
Curfew remained in force in violence-hit Kishtwar district even as protests against Friday’s communal clashes there rocked Jammu and adjoining districts where normal life as disrupted due to a bandh.
Normal life disrupted due to a bandh
Jammu (PTI): Curfew remained in force in violence-hit Kishtwar district even as protests against Friday’s communal clashes there rocked Jammu and adjoining districts where normal life as disrupted due to a bandh.
The highway to Srinagar remained blocked at several places as protestors burnt tyres, sat on dharnas and put up barricades in Vijaypur in Samba, Rajpora in Kathua, Udhampur and Gangyal areas. Normal life was hit in Jammu and adjoining districts of the state due to a bandh called against communal clashes in Kishtwar district that left two persons dead and over 20 people injured.
All shops and business establishments remained closed and traffic was totally off the roads in Jammu city on a call given by BJP and some organisations to protest against incidents.The state government had already closed all educational institutes in Jammu in view of the bandh. Attendance was also thin in government departments due to the strike. "There was no report of any untoward incident in Jammu region and the bandh in most of the districts was peaceful", a police spokesman said.
Reports from Kathua, Samba, Reasi, Katra, Udhampur,Katra, Chenani, Poonch, Vijaypur, Akhnoor, Sunderbani, Kalakote, Noushera, R S Pura and Ramnagar areas said a near total bandh was observed, while a partial bandh was observed in Bhaderwah, Rajouri, Ramban and Doda areas as people belonging to one community had closed their shops and business establishments. In Jammu, there were protests in various areas and anti-government rallies taken out by BJP, Bar Association Jammu, VHP-Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena.
