Curfew in Anantnag, strike in Kashmir continues
2 injured in police firing, 12 in clashes
 SHABIR IBN YUSUF/SHABIR-UL-HAQ
SRINAGAR/ANANTNAG, Sep 2: As normal life continued to be paralysed in Kashmir in response to Hurriyat Conference (G) call, curfew also remained in force in Anantnag today.
 Police and security forces opened fire at Zaldagar, injuring two persons; 12 others were injured in clashes in other parts of Valley.
 CENTRAL KSASHMIR: The old city of Srinagar and almost all parts of South Kashmir were put under curfew and Maisuma area of civil lines was also put under curfew. Police also confirmed to KASHMIR TIMES Wednesday evening that Anantnag and areas under five police stations in Srinagar were put under curfew.
 Panic gripped old city of Srinagar after two youth were injured when police and CRPF opened fire on a group of protestors in Zaldagger area of Srinagar Thursday evening. They were identified as Riyaz Ahmad Balloo and Sajid Ahmad .Reports said that a group of protesters were staging a  peaceful protest demonstration in the area. They were shouting anti-India slogans. Residents termed the firing unprovoked
 A heavy contingent of police and CRPF intercepted them. They used batons, burst tear smoke shells and opened fire on the protestors. At least a dozen of protestors were injured, however Riya and Sajad received pallet bullet injures and were removed to SMHS hospital, where their condition is said to be stable.  After the incidents the residents took to streets and held strong protest demonstration again what they called unwarranted police and CRPF action. 
 SSP Srinagar Syed Aashiq Bukhari told KTNS that two persons were injured after the men in uniform opened fire in self defence.
 The old city was put under curfew however, there were restrictions in civil lines area and Maisuma area of civil was put under curfew. The area is witnessing clashes after the nephew and a cousin of JKLF chairman Yasin were fired upon; his cousin battling for life in a Srinagar hospital.
  The entrance and exit points of old city were sealed with spools of barbed wire and announcements of curfew were made early in the morning. The people were asked to remain inside. Heavy police and CRPF deployment was witnessed in Nowhatta, Safa Kadal, Sakidsafar and Babadamb areas of old city.
 There are reports that at certain places in civil lines, like Chanpora, Old Barzulla, and Hyderpora ,  groups of youth appeared in various localities and clashed with men in uniform. However they were chased away.
 Despite the lifting of curfew the civil lines area witnessed heavy deployment of police and CRPF, however curfew was imposed and the skeletal transport was plying on the roads of the civil lines areas.
 Many areas of Central district of Budgam and Ganderbal district also witnessed, pro-freedom slogans and peaceful protests and clashes.
SOUTH KASHMIR: Authorities continued to impose strict curfew in this South Kashmir township for the third consecutive day today while restrictions under section 144 were enforced in Pulwama with a complete strike in other major and small townships of the region. Amid curfew restrictions youth in several areas of the town took to roads and clashed with the police and CRPF men.
The curfew was clamped in the town on Tuesday following the killing of a 10 year old boy Irshad Ahmad Paddar in CRPF firing on Monday evening. Huge number of police and para-military CRPF men were deployed in the streets of the town since morning to cage the people inside their houses.
The residents said that the government forces who were manning every nook and corner of the town did not allow them to venture out. "The Police and CRPF men did not let us to come out of even the gates of our houses. They also beat many people who tried to come out to offer Nimaz in Masjids" said Nadeem Ahmad of Qadipora. However amid restrictions youth in  many localities of the town took to roads and clashed with the police and CRPF personal.
  Eyewitnesses said that dozens of youth in Cheenichowk resorted to heavy stone pelting at police and CRPF early morning when the deployment was being made in the area. Youth, eyewitnesses said, defied the restrictions at Shirpora, Janglatmandi and Hazratbal and entered into clashes with the police and CRPF men who in retaliation lobbed numerous teargas canisters to quell the stone pelting youth. The residents alleged that the government forces after the clashes beat every one whoever was spotted by them even in the premises of the houses. Meanwhile, a complete strike was observed in other major and small towns of the region. All the shops, other business establishments, and private offices remained closed in the entire South Kashmir while traffic was off the roads.
 NORTH KASHMIR: Curfew was lifted in frontier district of Kupwara Thursday however, restrictions were in place. All the link roads connecting Kupwara town with other areas were sealed. Hundreds of policemen and paramilitary CRPF troopers were deployed in the town.
Curfew was also lifted from Bandipora and the town witnessed peaceful protest demonstration after the afternoon prayers.
 The volatile Baramulla town witnessed severs restrictions and peaceful protest. Reports said that police and CRPF had blocked four bridges that join the other areas of Baramulla with the town with barbed wire and armoured vehicles.