Indefinite curfew was imposed in J&K’s Rajouri town on Tuesday afternoon, following communal tension, police said. The Army later carried out a flag march in the area.
“Indefinite curfew has been imposed in Rajouri town this afternoon to maintain law and order,” a senior police officer said. An order issued by District Magistrate Deepti Uppal said restrictions under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code were being imposed in the town after a situation arose that could lead to breach of peace.
Tension was brewing in Rajouri after some members of a Hindu rights wing party torched a flag, which they claimed was of terror group ISIS, on Eid.
Muslims, who said the flag had sacred scripture written on it and its torching amounted to sacrilege, had called for a complete shutdown and “civil curfew” in the town on Tuesday in protest.
Fearing clashes between the two communities, authorities imposed curfew and intensified patrolling by police and security forces in the town.
The Army carried out a flag march, said defence spokesman Col. Manish Mehta. “After Rajouri DM requisitioned Army’s assistance to maintain law and order, a flag march was carried out in the town,” he said.