Three persons were injured in an incident of firing in communal clashes in curfew-bound Kishtwar district which witnessed stray incidents of stone pelting while another seven persons including a a senior police officer sustained wounds in clashes, canecharge and teargas shelling in Jammu city.
Protests were held in Jammu and adjoining districts of region, which observed bandh in protest against the communal clashes in Kishtwar district.
Army troops patrolled the streets of the violence-hit district, 226 kms from here while the local administration advised people to remain indoors and not to violate prohibitory orders.
Some clashes were reported in Gulabgarh area of Paddar in the same district where people indulged in arson. Some shops were burnt.
Three persons were injured in firing during the clashes. State Police Chief Ashok Prasad was camping in the district since yesterday to take on-the-spot decisions besides ensuring coordination between the civil and army authorities, a senior official said.
The state government has asked people not to pay any attention to the rumours being floated about the incident and said that this was an attempt by vested interests to create a law and order situation in the Kashmir Valley as well as Jammu.
Jammu bandh has been extended by 48 hours. Normal life was hit in Jammu and adjoining districts of the state due to today's bandh called against Friday's communal clashes in Kishtwar district that left two persons dead and over 20 injured.
The Jammu and Kashmir Highway 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.
A large number of BJP, Bajrang Dal and VHP activists today marched in the Jammu city to protest against Kishtwar violence and later clashed with police and CRPF personnel as they stopped them from moving ahead.
There was stone-pelting and clashes with police, which resorted to canecharge and teargas shelling.
Seven people were injured in the incident. They included four police and CRPF men. The city SP also sustained injuries, police said.
