Curfew continues in Rajouri
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Rajouri, August 6
The district administration has not relaxed the curfew imposed four days back even as not a single incident of violence was reported from any area in the town. The curfew was imposed after members of a particular community on Saturday held violent protests against the attacks on members of their community allegedly by activists of the Bajrang Dal and the BJP.

Sources in the district administration said the curfew might be relaxed after leaders of the two communities agreed to bring peace in the town.

With the curfew in place for the fourth day without any relaxation, most households here are running short of essential commodities including food and medicines. The worst affected are women and children who have been forced to stay indoors even as men continue to assemble in the lanes and bylanes for discussions on various issues.

"We are facing an acute shortage of eatables at home. Since the curfew has been in place for the past four days without relaxation we are not able to buy eatables ", said Ajaz Ahmed, a resident.

The patients too are suffering due to the non-availability of medicine. "My son has been running viral fever for the past two days. I wished to shift him to hospital but since I didn't have a curfew pass, I couldn't do so. I tried to get medicines for him but even the medical shops are not open", said Kutub Din, a labourer from Bihar. I will request policemen to get the medicine for my son or he will die", he added. Repeated attempts to contact senior district officers proved futile.