காஷ்மீரில் இந்து பகுதிகளில் ஊரடங்கு உத்தரவு

அமர்நாத் யாத்ரீகர்களுக்கு வசதி செய்து தர நிலத்தை ஒதுக்கிவிட்டு பிறகு இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகளின் எதிர்ப்புக்கு அஞ்சி அதனை வாபஸ் வாங்கி இந்துக்களை இரண்டாம் தர குடிமக்களாக நடத்திய காஷ்மீர் அரசை எதிர்த்து காஷ்மீர் இந்துக்கள் போராட்டத்தில் இறங்கியதால் அவர்களை அடக்கி ஒடுக்க ஊரடங்கு உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்துள்ளது காஷ்மீர் அரசு.

Curfew in Kashmir over Hindu trust land row
Wed Jul 2, 2008 5:30pm IST Email | Print | Share| Single Page[-] Text [+]

1 of 1Full SizeJAMMU, India (Reuters) - Authorities in Indian Kashmir imposed an indefinite curfew in its winter capital city of Jammu on Wednesday, following violent clashes over transfer of forest land to a Hindu shrine.

Hindus in Jammu, where they are a majority, have been protesting against the government for backing down from a decision to transfer forest land to a Hindu shrine trust in the Muslim-majority part of Kashmir.

India's main opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has also called a nationwide strike on Thursday to protest against the decision.

"It will be a complete shutdown tomorrow as the decision by the government is completely unacceptable," Balasubramanium, a BJP spokesman, said in New Delhi.

At least 80 people, including 25 police, have been injured in clashes between Hindu protesters and police in the last three days in the Jammu region, said K. Rajendra, a senior police officer.

On Wednesday, 10 Hindu protesters were injured when a grenade exploded near them during a protest rally in Doda district of Indian Kashmir, officials said.

In Jammu, people stayed indoors as policemen guarded deserted streets and asked people not to venture onto them.

"After assessing the situation, we have decided to clamp indefinite curfew in and around Jammu city from early this morning," a police spokesman said.

Earlier Muslim protesters in and around Srinagar, the Muslim-majority summer capital of Kashmir, shut down much of the region over last week in one of the biggest protests in decades. Continued...