No let up in the situation in Jammu and Kashmir was noticed even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had an all-party meet today in New Delhi to defuse tensions on the Amarnath land row. Situation did not improve in Srinagar, either.
The agitators were protesting against the reversal of land transfer order to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board. They removed a stretch of the railway track in Gagwal area of Samba district of Jammu. Thus, snapping the only rail link to the State with the rest of the country. They also attacked public property in some other areas.
Curfew remained in force in Jammu district and Samba, Bhaderwah, Udhampur, and Rajouri towns of the Jammu region.
Fifty-six people were injured in fresh violence in the region. In Akhnoor, 15 persons were injured when police cane charged and tear gassed a mob pelting stones. In Jourian Palanwalla area, police fired on protesters attacking and setting fire to the police station and a revenue office.
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