Author: IANS
Publication: Mumbai Mirror
Date: July 27, 2008
URL: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=3&contentid=2008072720080727032605671398f89c
Introduction: Protests over Amarnath land
row picked up after activist killed self
Violence flared up in Srinagar on Saturday
as 30 people, including a dozen policemen, were injured as protesters demanding
allotment of land in the Kashmir valley to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board
(SASB) pelted stones and threw arson.
The city observed a complete shutdown for
the third consecutive day on Saturday as business, commercial establishments
and educational institutes remained closed.
Violence erupted at several places in the
city including Muthi, Diogiana, Bishnah and Vijaypur neighbourhoods and also
within the walled city areas of Parade Ground, where effigies of National
Conference president Omar Abdullah were burnt.
The violent protests picked up after Kuldeep
Kumar Dogra allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday saying he was "sacrificing
his life for the cause" of Amarnath land return.
