Two vehicles set ablaze on Srinagar outskirts

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, October 17

Miscreants set two passenger vehicles ablaze on the outskirts of Srinagar today for violating the protest calendar of separatists even as the Valley had been witnessing increased movement on roads.

Two Sumos were on their way from north Kashmir to Srinagar when the vehicles were intercepted by some masked men at Parimpora early this morning for violating the shutdown call.

The passengers were asked to alight and petrol bombs thrown on the vehicles, causing extensive damage, the police said. “In an attempt to disrupt traffic, some miscreants set two vehicles on fire near the fruit mandi,” said a police spokesman. Six miscreants involved in the incident were identified and a manhunt launched, he added.

“There was normal movement of traffic with shops remaining open and vendors dotting roads, lanes and bylanes across Kashmir,” the spokesman said this evening.

Over the past more than a week, the Kashmir valley had witnessed increased movement on roads in the summer capital, major towns and highways. Separatists had been jointly issuing weekly protest calendars. Though restricted to a few hours in the evening, traffic on roads and movemnet in markets had brought about a change in the overall situation.