Indefinite curfew was clamped on Sunday in Srinagar city and six other towns of Kashmir Valley in view of several incidents of arson and violence, official sources said here. The decision to clamp curfew in the city and other parts of the Valley was taken after a high-level meeting of Civil and security forces officials here on Saturday night, the sources were quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India (PTI). Besides the entire Srinagar city district, curfew was also imposed in south Kashmir towns of Anantnag, Bijbehara, Pulwama, Kakapora and Sopore and Baramulla towns in north Kashmir, the sources said. Thousands of police and paramilitary CRPF (Central Reserves Police Force) personnel have been deployed in curfew bound areas to maintain law and order, they said. Rampaging mobs yesterday set on fire some public properties, including the Crime Branch office and a police guard post in Hazratbal shrine as violence marred Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations in Srinagar city.
