| Situation under control, curfew to stay on for now: PS Home | | Jaitely restrained to avoid more trouble in Kishtwar: DGP | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Aug 11: Refusing to divulge sequences of incidents that led to violent clashes advocating ongoing investigations, Principal Secretary Home Suresh Kumar, and DGP Ashok Prasad claimed that the situation in Jammu was totally under control though some minor incidents have been reported in some parts of Jammu district.
Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary Home, in a hurriedly called press Conference held here today said that though situation remained tense in Kishtwar was well under control . He was flanked by the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Ashok Prasad and IGP Jammu Rajesh Kumar . Kumar said that the miscreants involved in Looting, rioting and stone pelting in district Kishtwar have been booked and shall be arrest accordingly.
He further said that curfew shall remain imposed without relaxation till normalcy returned. " Barring minor incidents in Domana where a vehicle was set on fire and clash in Kishtwar in which five persons received injuries, the situation in rest of the districts in Jammu region including Udhampur, Kishtwar, Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Ramban and Rajouri remained under control though tense, he said, adding about 200 vehicles carrying Machil Yatris were returned to Jammu from Kishtwar".
Reacting to restrictions on media, he said that leaving aside social media , there was no restrictions over the other source of media including Print and electronic.
DGP Ashok Prasad speaking over the BJP leader Arun Jaitely's detention at Jammu airport preventing him from proceeding towards riot hit Kishtwar, said that Jaitely was not allowed to visit Kishtwar in a bid to avoid more trouble in the communally tense Kishtwar. The DGP's statement came in the wake of strong protest by BJP leadership that lashed out at the Jammu and Kashmir government for detaining leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley at Jammu airport.
"Detaining Shri Arun Jaitley at the Jammu airport by J&K government is highly condemnable. It seems the government is trying to hide something," Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh said.
"The BJP delegation to Kishtwar was an effort to take stock of the situation and help in restoring peace and harmony in the state," the BJP chief said in a tweet.
Clarifying media reports that authorities' inaction claimed lives of two persons besides riots and looting, DGP said that deployment of army took some delay as it was not anticipated. |
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