SRINAGAR: Parts of Kashmir Valley erupted on Saturday amid brewing tensions over the incidents of arson that took place during a shutdown in Jammu a day ago and reports of harassment of Kashmiri students and traders in some parts of the country in the wake of the recent terror attack near Srinagar.
As many as 49 CRPF personnel were killed in a suicide attack carried out by a lone member of terror outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad at Lethapora along the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday, spawning anger across the country and leading to renewed tensions between India and Pakistan.
Curfew remained in force in Jammu City for the second consecutive day on Saturday in view of Friday’s violence during which irate crowds torched dozens of vehicles owned by minority Muslim community in some parts of the winter capital.
Jammu’s deputy commissioner Ramesh Kumar, said the situation was being reviewed at a meeting of the officers.
