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| Centre to send additional forces in Kashmir | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu Aug 3 : The Centre will be sending 20 additional companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to restore peace and order in Kashmir, reports said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the valley continued to burn with three more deaths and several being injured in police firing as the crisis entered the fifth day on Tuesday.
The toll in Kashmir unrest on Monday rose to 25 since Friday when clashes between protestors and security forces re-erupted and snowballed into violent outbreaks. Protesters, including women, took to the streets despite a curfew and pelted stones at the security forces.
According to government sources, the armed forces tried mingling with the crowd resulting in the mayhem.Police resorted to firing after an irate mob marched into the police station.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had reviewed security in the Valley late on Monday night.On Monday, four persons succumbed to police bullets even as the Centre and state governments closeted in a high-level meet, chaired by the Prime Minister, to restore normalcy.
The meeting was attended by all the members of the Cabinet Committee of Security (CSS), including finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, home minister P Chidambaram, defence minister A K Antony and external affairs minister S M Krishna.
At the meeting, Abdullah had asked for additional forces to control the situation, while at the same time engaging the people concerned in "internal and external" dialogue.
The Centre pledged its support to the state government and also supported the need of more security personnel in the Valley at the current juncture.
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