Clashes in parts of Valley, two scribes injured on Eid
26 Sept 2015 6:08 AM IST
Clashes were reported from <g data-gr-id="26">Eidgah</g>, Rajouri Kadal and some other areas of <g data-gr-id="28">old</g> city and a few places in Anantnag district, a police officer said.
Soon after Eid prayers, mobs started pelting stones at police personnel and paramilitary forces in several areas of Srinagar, he said. Some men also waved flags of Pakistan and militant group Al-Jehad in some areas of <g data-gr-id="39">old</g> city, the <g data-gr-id="35">offiecr</g> added. Security forces had to resort to tear gas shells to disperse the mobs, he said, adding that two journalists were injured in clashes at <g data-gr-id="36">Eidgah</g>.
In rest of the Valley, the festival was celebrated peacefully against the backdrop of raging
controversy over recent the High Court order, banning cow slaughter and sale of beef.
Meanwhile, Internet services were snapped since Friday morning. There will be no Internet services till Saturday night as the authorities apprehend misuse of social media to create communal tension over <g data-gr-id="46">beef</g> ban. The authorities also placed most separatist leaders, including the heads of both factions of Hurriyat Conference, under house arrest.
Some separatist groups had said they would defy the court order, even though Geelani had appealed that religious sentiments of any community should not be hurt intentionally, in an apparent reference to Hindus, whose sentiments are attached to the cow. “When, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha... we will be sacrificing animals, it will not be to hurt any particular community or tribe, but it is our religious obligation which is in practise from long ago and we will continue to practise it in future too,” the hardline separatist leader had said.
“We should adopt a dignified approach for this dignified religious obligation...The aim of these sacrifices...should not be to intentionally hurt the sentiments of any community,” he had said. Geelani had said that “communal brotherhood” should be maintained “at any cost” in the state.
Eid celebrations: India, Pakistan troops exchange sweets along LoC
Indian and Pakistani troops on Friday exchanged sweets at Chakan-Da-Bagh and Mendhar crossing points along the LoC in Poonch and the International Border to celebrate Eid-ul Azha. “Sweets and dry fruits were exchanged between Indian and Pakistani armies along the Line of Control at Chakan-Da-Bagh and Mendhar crossing points in Poonch district,” a defence spokesman said. “They exchanged greetings and pleasantries in a cordial and friendly atmosphere,” he said. Border Security Force and Pakistani Rangers also exchanged sweets at several places along the IB in Jammu.
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