Clashes in Srinagar between police and stone throwing youths
By IANSMonday, February 22, 2010
SRINAGAR - Tension again gripped Maisuma locality of this city as stone throwing youth engaged the police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in clashes, forcing the closure of shops and businesses in the area Monday.
Stone pelting miscreants engaged security forces in clashes in Maisuma locality of the city this morning. Adequate arrangements have been made to maintain law and order in the city, a senior police officer said here.
The protesters are demanding the release of a youth who was arrested for alleged stone pelting in the city during the past few days.
Life in old city areas, where shops and businesses had opened in the morning, also started slowing down as reports of clashes between police and stone throwers reached there.
Some young men were seen forcing shopkeepers to shut down in Lal Chowk, Residency Road and other areas of this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital.
