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Clashes in Kashmir over Udhampur truck attack, normal life affected

IANS | By, Srinagar
Oct 12, 2015 04:39 PM IST

Clashes erupted in parts of Srinagar on Monday over an attack on a truck in Udhampur, as a shutdown called by the separatists affected life across the Kashmir Valley.

Clashes erupted in parts of Srinagar on Monday over an attack on a truck in Udhampur, as a shutdown called by the separatists affected life across the Kashmir Valley.

A complete shutdown is being observed on Monday in the valley against the attack on a Kashmiri-bound truck.(Waseem Andrabi/ HT Photo)
A complete shutdown is being observed on Monday in the valley against the attack on a Kashmiri-bound truck.(Waseem Andrabi/ HT Photo)

Group of youths pelted stones at police and paramilitary forces in many areas of downtown Srinagar, forcing the security forces to baton-charge and lob tear gas shells to disperse the agitated youths.

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Protestors kept on re-grouping and clashes were on in the downtown areas of Bohri Kadal, Saraf Kadal, Rajouri Kadal and adjoining areas in the afternoon.

Security forces were deployed in strength in the downtown and sensitive areas of the Kashmir province (comprising the districts of Srinagar, Badgam, Pulwama, Anantnag, Kupwara, Baramulla, Leh and Kargil districts) to pre-empt any untoward incident.

Meanwhile, shops, educational institutions, public transport and other businesses remained shut in summer capital Srinagar and most other cities and towns in the valley on Monday.

Kashmir University also announced postponement of all the exams scheduled for the day.

On Friday night, some miscreants had lobbed a petrol bomb at a valley-bound truck at Udhampur on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, leaving two people in the truck with burn injuries. The truck driver, however, managed to escape from the assailants.

Cutting across the political divide, political groups and trade bodies in the valley condemned the attack.

Kashmir Traders and Manufacture Federation (KTMF) had appealed to people to observe a strike against the Udhampur truck attack, that has been called by both factions of the separatist Hurriyat Conference and pro-Azad Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).

State police arrested six people in Udhampur in connection with the attack.

Two people were initially arrested based on the CCTV footage and the remaining four were arrested following disclosure by those who were arrested.

“We condemn the attack,” Abdul Rehman Veeri, a senior minister in Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government, said in the assembly, assuring the opposition National Conference (NC) and Congress of a fair probe in the incident.

The NC and Congress had created furore in the state assembly on Saturday over the issue and staged a walkout, warning that the attack could harm communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir.

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