Photo: PTISrinagar: Barring some incidents of stone-pelting, Kashmir was relatively calm on Wednesday after four days of violence which claimed 34 lives and over which chief minister Mehbooba Mufti expressed “great sadness and sorrow” and promised a “healing touch”. A police spokesman said barring “some incidents” of stone pelting at various places, the situation “remained under control” in the Valley. Curfew remained in force in some parts of Kashmir, including Pampore and Kupwara towns, while restrictions on movement of people were imposed in the rest of the Valley. Reaching out to the people, Mehbooba sought their “support in pulling J&K out of the vortex of violence and bloodshed.”She said she needs people’s support in realising the dream of a politically-emancipated, economically self-reliant and socially secure Jammu and Kashmir. The stray and intermittent incidents of stone pelting were reported from Khudwani, Kulgam, Iman Sahib, Shopian and Kakpora in south Kashmir, Kralpora, Kupwara, Trehgam, Langate, Lalpora, Putkha Sopore and Main Chowk Sopore in north Kashmir, he said.

Source: Mint July 13, 2016 14:26 UTC