New Delhi, Aug 25: The Centre on Monday said the curfew in the Kashmir valley was imposed to send a clear message to the separatists that "enough is enough" and such kind of processions would not be allowed.
This was stated by Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta during a briefing of reporters here on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Enough is enough. Things can't go like this way. There was no logic in their (separatist) programme today," Gupta said.
This was stated by Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta during a briefing of reporters here on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Enough is enough. Things can't go like this way. There was no logic in their (separatist) programme today," Gupta said.
Asked as to why these kind of processions were allowed earlier, Gupta, while making it clear that the matter was a state subject, said, "one becomes wiser by hindsight."
While speaking on the day's development in the state, he said, "militants had also fired at the security forces during the protests."
"Empty AK-47 cartridge was recovered after a crowd was dispersed in Beerwah (Budgam district)," he said adding that it implied that militants were in the crowd.
He tried to draw a parallel with the killing of Sheikh Aziz, a Hurriyat leader, during a procession fortnight ago.
However, the Home Secretary said no need arose for conducting a postmortem on his body as the crowd carried the body and kept it in Jama Masjid before being buried in Pampore on August 12.
"Investigations are on in this case," he said, four days after National Security Advisor M K Narayanan had told the Union Cabinet that Aziz was killed neither by a police nor an army bullet.
Bureau Report
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Sheikh Aziz was killed by agent provocateurs of Pakistan to cause a conflagration in Kashmir. - K.Venugopal - Mumbai
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