Mob attacks J-K Minister's Anantnag house, one injured
Anantnag:Defying curfew imposed on Sunday in Anantnag, a mob attacked the Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed at his house. The Minister was inside the
house,
when his house came under attack, NDTV reported. One person was injured as
security
forces opened fire and used tear gas. The situation has been brought under control.
An indefinite curfew was imposed this morning in Srinagar and other parts of the
Kashmir valley such as Anantnag, Bijbehara, Pulwama, Kakapora, Sopore and
Baramulla.
After violence and arson marred Eid celebrations in Srinagar on Saturday, the
police on Sunday morning registered an FIR against Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the
chairman
of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference. Mirwaiz has been accused of
instigating violence and arson, which started when an expected peaceful protest
march from Idgah to Lal Chowk on the occasion of Eid, turned violence causing
damage to public and private property.
