Protesters, police clash in Kashmir town (Lead)
October 3rd, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANSSrinagar, Oct 3 (IANS) Protestors clashed with police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla town Saturday, a day after a teenaged boy died when he was hit by a tearsmoke shell, a police officer said.
Groups of youth gathered at two bridges connecting the old and new town areas of Baramulla and started pelting stones at police deployed to maintain law and order in the town.
Three policemen and two protesters were injured in the clashes, which continued for the entire day.
“None of the injured is serious,” said a police officer.
Authorities had imposed strict restrictions in the old town area and section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code was imposed under which the assembly of five or more people is banned.
Traffic on the Srinagar-Baramulla road plied normally even though there was palpable tension in Baramulla town.
Ruling National Conference leader and Rural Development Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar visited the town and met with senior civil and police officers, besides interacting with the elders of the town to restore order.
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