Srinagar, July 10
Curfew was reimposed in Maisuma locality of Srinagar and Sopore and Pulwama towns today after angry mobs clashed with the security forces.
“Miscreants resorted to stone throwing in Maisuma, Sopore and Pulwama during curfew relaxation. So the restrictions were reimposed at these places,” a senior police officer said.
Barring some localities in the state capital and other major towns, curfew was relaxed in most parts of the valley since last evening to facilitate the celebration of the holy Muslim festival of Shab-e-Meiraj.
The curfew restrictions were lifted in Srinagar at around 8 pm on Friday, 76 hours after they were imposed following massive violence, which saw death of four persons, including a woman, and deployment of the Army.
While fresh incidents of violence were reported from downtown areas of the city, including Nowhatta and Maisuma, after the restrictions were eased, a person was injured in the clashes on Friday evening.
Angry demonstrators clashed with the police and the CRPF at Maisuma, prompting the authorities to clamp curfew again. Demonstrations against the security forces were also held at
Qamarwari, Safakadal and Magharmal Bagh areas.
The APHC chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who had been under house arrest for the past three days, addressed public gatherings at Jamia Masjid, Nowhatta and Alamgari Bazaar today against the alleged rights violations.
The curfew continued in Sopore town of north Kashmir and Pulwama and Kakapora areas of south Kashmir. The trouble in Pulwama erupted after demonstrators hit the streets following the reports about the death of a
person in the clashes that took place in Kakapora area yesterday. When the repeated pleas of the
authorities failed to quell the protesters, the former decided to reimpose the curfew.
Meanwhile, soon after the restrictions were lifted last evening, people, who had been forced to stay indoors for the past three days, came out to buy essential items.
According to an official spokesman, thousands of devotees offered Isha prayers at several shrines, mosques and khanqahs across the city on the occasion of Shab-e-Meiraj. (With inputs from Agencies).
