Wed, 26 Jan 2011
New Delhi - India celebrated Republic Day Wednesday amid tight security as the Kashmir region remained tense over plans by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hold a rally there.
Around 35,000 police and paramilitary troops were deployed across New Delhi where the main parade was held, to prevent militant attacks.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the chief guest at the commemoration of India's 1950 constitution.
Authorities in India-administered Kashmir imposed a curfew in major cities to thwart rallies by both the BJP and Kashmiri separatists, local media reported.
The BJP had planned to hoist the national flag in state capital Srinagar in support of India's sovereignty over Kashmir.
Separatist leaders in the Muslim-majority region had planned anti-India demonstrations.
Police officers said the demonstrations were stalled and no incidents of violence had been reported.
Roads were deserted and markets shut while security personnel manned barricades at key intersections in Srinagar. Authorities also jammed mobile phone networks in Kashmir.
"There were strict orders to curb provocative demonstrations that could create law and order problems or spark anti-India protests," a police official who requested anonymity said.
Other regions including the restive north-eastern states and areas affected by the Maoist rebellion also remained on high alert.
Tribal militants bombed a freight train and attacked a bus, wounding three people in Assam state Tuesday, the IANS news agency reported.
In another incident Tuesday, suspected Maoist rebels captured five policemen in the central state of Chhattisgarh.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/364278,republic-day-tensions-kashmir.html.
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