Suspected militants fired two rounds of rocket projectile explosives
at an Army
camp in Batamaloo
area of Srinagar, officials said on June 28, according to IBN Live. They said no loss of life or property
was reported
in the explosions.
Two explosions
were heard
inside the
camp of Territorial
Army at Tatoo
ground near
Batamaloo
in central
city in the
afternoon
of June 28.
An Army spokesman
said the explosives
had been lobbed
into the camp
from outside
using a projectile.
"We are
investigating
the nature
of the explosive
and the projectile
used in delivering
it,"
he said.
Meanwhile, clashes broke out between stone pelting youth and
Police at
Kralpora,
Machuwa and
Chadoora in
Budgam District
and Kral Khud
area of Srinagar,
Daily Excelsior
reported.
However, no
casualty was
reported.
Several youth
were picked
up by Police
from Srinagar
and Anantnag
for disturbing
peace. Also,
for the fourth
consecutive
day, the normal
life across
Kashmir remained
disrupted
due to strike
called by
the Grand
Mufti of Kashmir,
Mufti Bashirudin,
over the gutting
of over 200-year-old
shrine of
Syed Abdul
Qadir Jeelani
at Khanyar
area of Srinagar
city on June
25. The Mufti
on June 27
had called
for two day
strike and
also for a
march to the
gutted shrine
on Friday
(June 29,
today).
The curfew like restrictions continued in the parts of Srinagar city for fourth day. These
include areas
falling under
Police Stations
of Khanyar,
Maharaj Gunj,
Rainawari,
Nowhatta,
Safakadal
and Kralkhud.
District Magistrate
(Srinagar), Baseer Ahmad Khan, ordered imposition of curfew like restrictions
on movement
of people
and transport
in six Police
Station areas
of the old
city in the
evening of
June 25, the
day shrine
was gutted
in a blaze.
DNA reports that using video footage and photographs taken by undercover Policemen,
the Police
have so far
detained two
dozen youngsters
from various
parts of the
old city where
stone-pelting
took place
on June 25
after the
Dastageer
Sahib shrine
was destroyed
in a fire
incident.
Inspector
General of
Police (Kashmir) SM Sahai said, “I do not
have the number
of persons
detained or
arrested but
we cannot
allow people
to take law
in their own
hands."
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on June 28 justified
the imposition
of curfew-like
restrictions
in parts of
Srinagar city, in the aftermath of
destruction
of the shrine
on June 25,
blaming the
incidents
of stone-pelting
for the harsh
measures,
Daily Excelsior
reported.
"Why
don’t you
blame the
stone pelters?
If I was (were)
so keen to
‘curfew you’,
I’d have done
it without
the stone
throwing",
Omar wrote
on the micro-blogging
site twitter.Com. |
