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Police barracks near Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar burnt after Eid prayers | Separatists torched a police barrack outside the Hazratbal
shrine shortly after Eid prayers on Saturday The procession, which was heading towards Lal Chowk, was being led by Hurriyat group chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq.
The state government squarely blamed Farooq for the disturbance and violence.
The authorities had hoped that the Eid prayers would pass off peacefully after
the lifting of curfew the day before. Police, however, had to fire shots in the
air to contain the violence. No one was hurt. Government sources said a close
aide of the Mirwaiz, Shahid-ul-Islam, had called a senior official in Chief Minister
Omar Abdullah's office requesting permission for the march, saying it was a political
necessity. They also said that Shahid-ul-Islam had given a commitment that the
event would pass off peacefully. Based on Islam's request, Omar Abdullah overruled
security agencies and politicians to allow the march to take place. However, the
mob turned hostile in Lal Chowk, and the Mirwaiz and his aides quickly disappeared
from the scene. |
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