40 injured in J&K, no end in sight to violence

BATTLE GROUND: Police officials remove a government car, which was burnt by protesters in Srinagar.

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Jammu/New Delhi: At least 40 people were injured in renewed violence in Kashmir on Wednesday as the authorities struggled to find a solution to the controversy over land grant to Amarnath shrine board.

As many as 15 people were injured in Pulwama in Kashmir when protesters clashed with the police. Four of the injured are critical.

A policeman was beaten and his motorcycle set afire as mobs attacked three police stations, destroyed a paramilitary bunker and torched a petrol tanker during curfew relaxation in Srinagar when three more people, wounded in Tuesday's firing, succumbed to their injuries in hospitals.

Three people injured in Tuesday's police and army firing in Srinagar succumbed to their injuries Wednesday morning, sources said. With this the death toll in Tuesday's violence reached 15.

Mourners carrying the bodies of two dead took processions to Qamarwari and Nowhatta areas of the city. The third dead was injured in firing incident by the army in north Kashmir's Bandipora district.

Curfew, imposed in the Kashmir Valley after large-scale violence on Monday when thousands tried to march towards Pakistan, was relaxed on Wednesday first from 8 a.m to 11 a.m. The relaxation was later extended till 2 p.m.

Mobs resorted to violence during the relaxation period.

Official sources said an angry mob stopped a policeman driving a motorcycle in Safa Kadal area of the old city during the curfew relaxation period.

"Although the policeman was in civvies, the mob identified him by his identity card. They set fire to his motorcycle and beat him up mercilessly," a police officer said.

Agitated protesters gathered near Safa Kadal, Rainawari and Bana Mohalla police stations of old Srinagar and pelted stones at them, said another police officer.