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| PM gone, Valley tension stays | | Troopers among 18 injured in clashes | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: At least 18 people, including seven security personnel, were injured today in fresh clashes that erupted during protests against the killing of two youths in police firing on Friday.
Though, the administration imposed restrictions in many parts to thwart any untoward incident, normal activities resumed in the valley after two days of a strike called by separatists against the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the state.
Violent clashes also rocked Nowhatta and adjoining localities for the third day today, the sources said.
Reinforcements have been rushed to violence-hit areas and prohibitory orders banning assembly of four or more persons are being reimposed to defuse the "tense situation".
Earlier, Police assisted by CRPF, fired teargas gas shells and used batons to chase away the protesters and in the ensuing clashes eight persons including four security personnel were injured, they said.
Three CRPF personnel were injured when a mob attacked them with stones at Kawdara and Fatehkadal localities, the sources said, adding, teargas shelling and lathicharge proved ineffective to control the situation. At least Six protesters were also injured in the ding-dong battle.
One of the injured identified as Suhail Ahmad, a resident of Basant Bagh locality, was hit by a bullet when CRPF personnel allegedly opened fire to disperse a stone-pelting mob at Khankahi Moulla, official sources said.
The local residents claimed that a curfew has been imposed in these areas since yesterday, a charge denied by Police.
"No curfew has been imposed in any part of the city," a duty officer at the Police Control Room said today.
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