Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's student wing chief was arrested in connection with the death of a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited employee, who was killed in a stone-pelting incident, in Nashik on Thursday. The incident occurred while MNS activists were protesting the arrest of their chief Raj Thackeray in Mumbai. Ambadas Haribhau Dharrao, 55, was returning home from Ojhar when he was hit by stones near Adgaon, police said.
Around 20 policemen, including eight officers, were injured in stone-pelting by protesters at Kopar Khairane and Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai.
At least 129 people were injured in the two events held on Wednesday in Palamedu in Madurai District and Periyasuriyur near Tiruchirappalli.
One person was killed and another injured when security forces opened fire at a group of people who were attempting to defy the curfew clamped in the Kashmir Valley since Sunday morning. Police said Ghulam Qadir Hajjam was killed when a stray bullet hit him during the protest while his son received injuries.
He admitted that the situation in the valley is grim, but asserted that positive mindset of youth there will pave the way for peace.
Three persons were killed and 15 others, including eight security men, were injured in clashes in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday afternoon. Police had to open fire to quell a violent mob, which indulged in heavy stone-pelting on police and paramilitary forces in Samba town situated on the Lakhanpur-Srinagar national highway on Monday afternoon, resulting in on the spot death of two persons.
There were no restrictions on the movement or assembly of people anywhere in the Valley.
A large number of migrants were waiting for food and transport on MP-Maharashtra border for hours.
