At least a dozen people, including two security personnel were injured when suspected militants hurled a grenade towards a security vehicle at Shopian in south Kashmir on Tuesday.
Reports said that unknown persons hurled a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) party deployed in Bon Bazaar area of the southern town. Even as the markets were closed in the area due to ongoing shutdown, there was significant movement of pedestrians. The troopers were standing near an armoured vehicle.
Hospital sources said that 12 people who were injured in the grenade attack were given first aid. The condition of the injured was said to be stable.
Meanwhile, normal life was crippled on 95th consecutive day as authorities continued with curfew in the interior areas of old Srinagar city.
A police official said that the curbs on the movement of people in the police station areas of Nowhatta, Khanyar, Rainawari, Safakadal and Maharaj Gunj were imposed in view of the fourth-day mourning of Junaid Akhoon’s death, who was hit by pellets at Saidapora.
later in the evening, a police spokesman said that curfew was lifted from six police stations of south and east Srinagar, however restrictions continued in some police stations of the old city. There was no curfew anywhere across the Valley. The situation remained by and large peaceful although stray incidents of stone-pelting were reported till filing of this report.
“The action against the trouble-mongers and miscreants initiated by police is on, and in the last 24 hours, 66 persons involved in crimes of creating hurdles in movement of people, stone-pelting and creating trouble for the common people have been arrested across Kashmir,” police said.