By NNN-PTI,
Jammu, India : Curfew has been imposed in the city today and army called out to stop people from participating in the Vijay (victory) rally being organised by Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangarsh Samiti to celebrate its victory after a 61-day long agitation as there were reports of presence of militants.
“We have imposed curfew to stop people from assembling and taking part in the major rally in view of intelligence reports of presence of some militants in Jammu,” district’s Deputy Commissioner Mandeep K Bhandari said.
He said there were expectation of three to four lakh people converging at the rally called by SAYSS to celebrate victory. In view of the apprehensions of some militants presence in the outskirts of the city, there was a threat to the rally, he added.
(One Lakh:100,000)
Militants can use this occasion to trigger violence, he said, adding that due to this reason curfew has been clamped here.
“We had urged Sangarsh Samiti to postpone the rally, he said adding that they told us they will go ahead with the rally.
“There is a security concern and that is why curfew was the only alternative,” Bhandari added.
S S Bloeria, Advisor to the Governor, had asked SAYSS convenor Leela Karan Sharma to postpone the rally in view of intelligence reports stating presence of militants in the city.