The violence in Kashmir refuses to quell as one more person died on Saturday over the protests being held against the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. On Saturday, the Mehbooba Mufti-led government launched a clampdown on media in Kashmir, where curfew has been imposed, by seizing newspapers and banning publication till at least July 20.
Here are the latest updates from the Valley.
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About 2,000 additional Central Reserve Police Force personnel are being rushed to violence-hit Kashmir valley. About 60 battalions (about 1,000 in personnel each) are already stationed in the state as part of counter insurgency grid.
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One person was killed and two injured after security forces opened fire on a crowd when they attacked a police post in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.
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Police raided printing presses of local newspapers in Srinagar and seized English and Urdu newspapers. Police raided the printing press of the State’s leading English newspaper Greater Kashmir at Rangreth and arrested the press foreman and two other employees.
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Cable operations were also suspended late on Saturday night after authorities issued directions to the operators to stop beaming some channels. Later in the afternoon, the cable operations resumed minus Pakistani news channels.
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Strictest curfew has been imposed in all the 10 districts of the Valley to prevent any escalation in the protests and street violence. Over 3,200 people including 1,500 security personnel have been injured in the street violence in the last one week.
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Except BSNL, the entire mobile telephony has been suspended in Kashmir.
PHOTOGRAPH: Umar Ganie/Rediff.com
