Today morning a peaceful protest was taken out at Anantnag which was allowed by police and district administration . Subsequently some miscreants indulged in stone pelting & turned violent and tried to enforce forceful shutdown in Anantnag town. In the said incident 2 police personnel and 2 miscreant received injuries when they were hit by stones .All of them are stated to be stable .
In another incident at Pulwama , while municipal comittee Pulwama was busy in anti - encroachment drive ,the demolition drive was pelted upon to disrupt the process . Police party reached the spot and subsequently dispersed the miscreants . No injuries were reported in this incident.
In Awantipora miscreants tried to block main road but due to timely intervention of local police ,the situation was handled and no street vandalism could take place. It is clarified that situation has been brought under control in all these locations. We request citizens not to fall prey to any speculations and rumours which are intended to disturb peace. And we seek their cooperation for maintaining order.