Srinagar:
Just who is in charge in Jammu and Kashmir? Sure, the Omar Abdullah government is in power, but as the latest break down in law and order shows, no one seems able to control protesters in parts of the state.
At least six people have died in so far, as stone pelting mobs continue to take on what they call symbols of the state.
A curfew has been imposed in the valley today following fresh protests after yesterday's violence. A crowd of around 300 people set fire to an Air Force bus which was on its way back to the Avantipura Air Force base from the military hospital.
The bus had women and children on board, who were asked to evacuate the vehicle by the mob, before they it.
By the time security forces arrived, the bus was completely gutted. Air Force personnel and their families have reached back safely at the base.
Intelligence agencies say the Air Force was targetted since it is taken as the symbol of the 'Indian state' and is most vulnerable.
In the Naidkhai area of Bandipore, one person has been killed in firing during clashes. The Superintendent of Police of the area is also injured in the stone pelting.
In Pattan area of north Kashmir, three people including two women were critically injured in firing at Kreeri this morning.
Police sources say security forces opened fire after protesters tried to snatch the rifle of a CRPF jawan.
Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in all sensitive areas and the residents have been asked not to step out.
Three people were killed in firing yesterday, and two of the injured also succumbed to injuries this morning.
It was in Pattan yesterday that protesters set a police station on fire. Meanwhile in Sopore's Amargarh area protesters have set a railway station on fire. (
Read: Fresh violence in Kashmir, 3 killed in firing)
Fifty people have been injured in firing at various places across the valley and over 100 other injured in stone-pelting protests since yesterday.