<p>Indefinite curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri town Tuesday afternoon following communal tension, police said. The army later carried out a flag march there.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Indefinite curfew has been imposed in Rajouri town this afternoon to maintain law and order," a senior police officer told IANS here.<br /><br />An order issued by District Magistrate Deepti Uppal said restrictions under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code were being imposed in the town after a situation arose that could lead to breach of peace.<br /><br />Tension was brewing in Rajouri after some members of a Hindu right wing party torched a flag, which they claimed was of terror group ISIS, on Eid.<br /><br />Muslims, who said the flag had sacred scripture written on it and its torching amounted to sacrilege, had called for a complete shutdown and "civil curfew" in the town on Tuesday in protest.<br /><br />Fearing clashes between the two communities, authorities imposed curfew and intensified patrolling by police and security forces in the town.<br /><br />The army carried out a flag march, defence spokesman Col. Manish Mehta told IANS.<br /><br />"After district magistrate Rajouri requisitioned army's assistance to maintain law and order, a flag march was carried out in the town."</p>
<p>Indefinite curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri town Tuesday afternoon following communal tension, police said. The army later carried out a flag march there.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Indefinite curfew has been imposed in Rajouri town this afternoon to maintain law and order," a senior police officer told IANS here.<br /><br />An order issued by District Magistrate Deepti Uppal said restrictions under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code were being imposed in the town after a situation arose that could lead to breach of peace.<br /><br />Tension was brewing in Rajouri after some members of a Hindu right wing party torched a flag, which they claimed was of terror group ISIS, on Eid.<br /><br />Muslims, who said the flag had sacred scripture written on it and its torching amounted to sacrilege, had called for a complete shutdown and "civil curfew" in the town on Tuesday in protest.<br /><br />Fearing clashes between the two communities, authorities imposed curfew and intensified patrolling by police and security forces in the town.<br /><br />The army carried out a flag march, defence spokesman Col. Manish Mehta told IANS.<br /><br />"After district magistrate Rajouri requisitioned army's assistance to maintain law and order, a flag march was carried out in the town."</p>