A day after protests, normalcy had returned in Jammu.
Highlights
- Communal politics will have consequences, said Mehbooba Mufti
- Pandemonium had broken out over Jammu protests in assembly
- After BJP protests, House condemned the incident and appealed for peace
A day after a nearly 1,000 protesters clashed with the police in Jammu, torching buses and vandalising shops, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and opposition leader Omar Abdullah appealed for calm.
"Any kind of communal politics in Jammu will have -- if not equally disastrous - consequences, like we have in Kashmir of the separatist politics," Ms Mufti said.
"We assure the people of Jammu that we will sort out the matter peacefully without fighting," Mr Abdullah said in assembly today.
Pandemonium had broken out over the incident in the assembly this morning. The BJP members held protests, the house then came together to condemn the incident and appeal for peace.
Last evening, tension had gripped Jammu's Janipur, when an angry crowd held protests against the alleged desecration of a religious place. Three policemen, including a station house officer, were injured in the mob violence. The government issued a statement, saying a mentally unstable man who entered the place of worship has been arrested.
In Jammu, normalcy returned, with shops and business establishments opening. But mobile internet services have been banned for now.
What has happened has happened, now nothing can be done about it. If this man is mentally unsound, what can be done? It is better that there should be peace," said Dwarka Nath Jogi, a priest.
"In the morning, there were some forces which tried to create a disturbance, but police controlled the situation," said Danish Rana, a senior police officer of the city.