SIALKOT: Seven people were killed including two students, while over 200 persons were injured seriously when police opened fire and lathi-charged at various places in Srinagar yesterday [Jan 9], says a report received here from across the cease-fire line.
… [The] Police arrested over 500 persons from Ananatnag, Baramula, Srinagar and several places for defying Sec. 144 imposed earlier. The report added that workers of the Plebiscite Front, Awami Action Committee and several other organisations took out a long procession to voice their feelings of resentment against the decision of the Indian Government to ban the entry of Sher-i-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and Mirza Afzal Beg in the valley under Safety Act. … - Agencies