60 injured in Kishtwar Eid clashes, Army called out - Indian Express

Arun Sharma : Jammu, Sat Aug 10 2013, 01:56 hrs Shops and houses on fire at Kuleed Chowk in Kishtwar on Friday. PTI Nearly 60 people were injured after members of two communities clashed on Eid in Kishtwar town in Jammu on Friday. Over a dozen vehicles and nearly a hundred structures, including residential structures, were set on fire. The Army was called out and the town was put under curfew. Till late evening, however, residents were reporting that groups of people continued to gather in streets in their areas, with not many police or Army personnel visible. Both sides pelted each other and the police with stones. In the evening, a doctor reportedly fired from inside his house near Amar Market, injuring over a half dozen people. According to people who said they were on the scene, the gunfire came after a mob tried to set the house on fire. Three seriously injured people were brought to Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu. The rest were being treated in Kishtwar, sources said. Several policemen were injured; among them was DSP (Headquarters) Farooq Ahmed Kesar. The communal violence on a day of piety and celebration sent shock waves across the state, with nearby towns like Doda shutting down spontaneously. In Jammu, the BJP, Shiv Sena and several Hindu organisations called for a bandh in protest against the violence on Saturday. No official version of the incidents was available, but local sources said trouble began after an incident of stone-throwing at Kuleed Chowk near Parade Ground where a large number of people had gathered in the morning to offer Eid namaaz. Members of each community accused the other of stone-pelting and raising provocative slogans. The argument quickly escalated and more stones flew, and four Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) vehicles and some tankers were set on fire. Soon afterward, clashes broke out at other places in the town. A mob comprising members of one community set ablaze over two dozen shops at Malik Market; members of the other community burnt a roughly equal number of shops at Amar market near Jamia Masjid. ... contd. ALSO READ 60 injured in Kishtwar Eid clashes, Army called out Uma Bharti slams MP CM's Eid skull cap wearing move as 'cheap' Dawood has been chased out of Pakistan: Shahryar Khan Indian, Chinese troops bond over beer, rasgullas after face-off Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Top Stories - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEMSPyPzakw28SgvKxU9s6YkiXalw&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/60-injured-in-kishtwar-eid-clashes-army-called-out/1153488/

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