<p>Authorities imposed restrictions in Kashmir’s Pulwama town on Friday after seven people were injured in retaliatory action by the security forces against a stone-pelting mob, police said. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The restrictions were imposed in view of the tension in Pulwama after security personnel retaliated to a mob attack on an ambulance carrying an injured army major following a gunfight with militants, a police official said. <br /><br />“In the retaliatory action seven people, identified as Mohammad Yaseen Bhat, Ashiq Ahmad, Jahangir Ahmad, Gowhar Ahmad, Imran Bhat, Showkat Mir and Younis Mir, were injured,” deputy inspector general (south Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said.<br /><br />Of the seven injured people, one was referred to Bone and Joints hospital in Srinagar and six others are recuperating at SMHS Hospital, Kumar added.<br /><br />A senior doctor said most of the injured had reported bullet injuries. <br />Two militants were killed and three security personnel — an army major, a captain and a policeman — were injured on Friday in a gunfight between the guerrillas and the security forces in Budgam, Asthan Mohalla village of Pulwama.<br /><br />Dip in terror cases<br /><br />The J&K home department’s report for 2012 revealed that this year the state witnessed the lowest number of terror-related violence since militancy erupted 23 years ago. The report, released on Thursday, says there were 118 terrorist-related incidents in the state in 2012, as against 195 in 2011. <br /><br />‘Logjam on J&K may spark unrest’<br /><br />Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said the 2010 summer unrest may take place again in the state in the coming years if no headway is made in the Kashmir issue, reports PTI from Srinagar.<br /><br />“The way people of Kashmir expressed their sentiment in 2010, that sentiment still exists and can be repeated in 2013 and 2014 if the dilly-dallying approach is not replaced by concrete measures to address Kashmir issue,” Mirwaiz said at Jamia Masjid in old city.<br /><br /> He had led a seven-member delegation of his amalgam to Pakistan on the invitation of Islamabad despite criticism by hardliners, who termed the visit as a “futile exercise” in view of upcoming general elections.</p>
<p>Authorities imposed restrictions in Kashmir’s Pulwama town on Friday after seven people were injured in retaliatory action by the security forces against a stone-pelting mob, police said. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The restrictions were imposed in view of the tension in Pulwama after security personnel retaliated to a mob attack on an ambulance carrying an injured army major following a gunfight with militants, a police official said. <br /><br />“In the retaliatory action seven people, identified as Mohammad Yaseen Bhat, Ashiq Ahmad, Jahangir Ahmad, Gowhar Ahmad, Imran Bhat, Showkat Mir and Younis Mir, were injured,” deputy inspector general (south Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said.<br /><br />Of the seven injured people, one was referred to Bone and Joints hospital in Srinagar and six others are recuperating at SMHS Hospital, Kumar added.<br /><br />A senior doctor said most of the injured had reported bullet injuries. <br />Two militants were killed and three security personnel — an army major, a captain and a policeman — were injured on Friday in a gunfight between the guerrillas and the security forces in Budgam, Asthan Mohalla village of Pulwama.<br /><br />Dip in terror cases<br /><br />The J&K home department’s report for 2012 revealed that this year the state witnessed the lowest number of terror-related violence since militancy erupted 23 years ago. The report, released on Thursday, says there were 118 terrorist-related incidents in the state in 2012, as against 195 in 2011. <br /><br />‘Logjam on J&K may spark unrest’<br /><br />Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said the 2010 summer unrest may take place again in the state in the coming years if no headway is made in the Kashmir issue, reports PTI from Srinagar.<br /><br />“The way people of Kashmir expressed their sentiment in 2010, that sentiment still exists and can be repeated in 2013 and 2014 if the dilly-dallying approach is not replaced by concrete measures to address Kashmir issue,” Mirwaiz said at Jamia Masjid in old city.<br /><br /> He had led a seven-member delegation of his amalgam to Pakistan on the invitation of Islamabad despite criticism by hardliners, who termed the visit as a “futile exercise” in view of upcoming general elections.</p>