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| Valley simmers, another dead | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Aug 14
After being on the boil for three days, Kashmir valley remained by and large peaceful on Thursday barring stray violence while a top CRPF officer was removed from violence-hit Srinagar to calm tempers following criticism over the paramilitary force's handling of the unrest.
One more person was killed when security forces opened fire to quell protesters attempting to storm a police station in Srinagar increasing the death toll in the violent unrest to 21.
In an attempt to douse the embers following the violent protests in the valley, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra convened an all party meeting of mainstream political parties of the state to discuss the prevailing situation.
The meeting appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to maintain peace and harmony and said all the contentious issues can and must be resolved amicably, based on dialogue and reconciliation.
In an apparent damage control exercise, CRPF's Inspector General Sunil Kumar Jain was today shifted out of violence-hit Srinagar by the Centre. Jain, a 1984 batch IPS officer, was asked to "proceed on a tour to headquarters pending transfer", official sources said in New Delhi.
With the CRPF coming under the scanner for its handling of the crisis in the valley, its spokesman denied the charges that the force was crossing the limits of policing.
In a sign that the situation was slowly returning to normalcy, curfew was relaxed in Srinagar, Ganderbal, Budgam, Kulgam, Anantnag and Kupwara districts in the Valley for longer periods as the situation eased, official sources said.
Curfew was also relaxed in Bandipora district for a few hours.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti sat on a dharna outside Raj Bhawan to press for her demand for reopening of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road for trade and revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act. |
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