Indian authorities re-impose curfew in Kashmir

It also said that 60 companies of CRPF (including two women companies) are now deployed in Jammu and Kashmir for security arrangements during Amarnath yatra with effect from June 18 till completion of the yatra.

Officially curfew remained imposed in Shehar-e-Khas (SeK), down town in Srinagar and Anantnag town in south Kashmir while elsewhere in the valley restrictions continued in some major towns and tehsil headquarters.

Police said miscreants had laid obstructions on the road which the ill-fated biker did not see before he hit it.

The Jamia chalo was reportedly called by separatists including Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik.

Since Wani was killed, an approximate 2,000 civilians have been injured in clashes between the Kashmir authorities and protestors, with an additional 1,500 soldiers and police getting hurt.

The separatist camp has extended the shutdown call in Kashmir till July 31. “Those who have suffered injuries due to pellet guns, besides being paid compensation, be also treated by competent and well trained doctors in or outside the State at state expenses”, it said.

Protests broke out across Kashmir Valley on July 9, a day after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter with security forces.

Mirwaiz Farooq has condemned the use of excessive force by India to sabotage their march towards Kulgam and said that stopping them from paying tributes to the martyrs is extreme form of oppression and barbarism.

Authorities initially imposed a curfew in Muslim majority areas of the region for 17 days and relaxed it on Tuesday in most of the areas except Anantnag.

Since 1989, Kashmiri resistance groups in IHK have been fighting against Indian rule for independence, or for unification with neighboring Pakistan. Islamabad denies the charge, saying it provides political and diplomatic support to Kashmiris. At least 49 civilians, mostly teenagers and young men, and a policeman have been killed in violence triggered by the killing of a rebel leader.

The two countries have fought three wars – in 1948, 1965 and 1971 – since they were partitioned in 1947, two of which were fought over Kashmir.

Meanwhile, the army claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control – the de facto border that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan.