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Kashmir Valley Remains Tense, Stray Incidents of Violence 4/20/2015 12:57:19 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 19: After two days of violent protests, Kashmir Valley today remained tense with stray incidents of stone-pelting in Budgam district over the killing of a teenage boy in police firing yesterday. "There were minor incidents of stone-pelting in Narbal area in Budgam to protest yesterday's firing incident in which a boy was killed but no one was injured in the intermittent clashes through the day," a police official said. Most of the shops in and around Lal Chowk in the city remained shut fearing law and order problems. Police said the situation across the rest of the Valley remained peaceful and security forces were keeping a close vigil. An uneasy calm prevailed in the Valley as authorities placed Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and several other separatist leaders under house arrest to foil their plans for holding protests against the killing of 16-year-old Suhail Ahmad Sofi at Narbal in Budgam district in central Kashmir. While the Mirwaiz was put under house arrest yesterday, Geelani continued to be under house arrest for the third consecutive day, police officials said. They said a posse of police personnel had been posted outside the residences of these separatist leaders to prevent them from leading protests at Residency Road here in the afternoon. The teenager was killed yesterday while two other youths were injured when security forces fired upon demonstrators at Narbal as they were protesting against the killing of two youths in an army operation in Tral area of Pulwama district on Monday. Two policemen including an officer have been arrested in connection with Sofi's killing while the SHO of the concerned police station has been taken off active duty. Both Mirwaiz and Geelani had called for a shutdown in Budgam district against Sofi's killing. Geelani, who termed the killing as "act of state terrorism", had appealed to separatist leaders to assemble at Pratap Park in Lal Chowk here today at 2 PM to register their protest. A group of second rung Hurriyat leaders led by Altaf Ahmad Shah managed to reach the Residency Road here and staged peaceful protests. Geelani, in a statement, said Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's slogan about "talks and not bullets" for resolution of Kashmir issue has proved to be hollow. "Since he (Sayeed) took over the reins, three youths have been killed by the forces. As the head of the Unified Headquarters, he is directly responsible for these deaths," Geelani added.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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