NEW DELHI\/SRINAGAR, 10 Jun: Protests broke out in some states on Friday including outside Delhi’s Jama Masjid over the controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two now-suspended BJP functionaries with demonstrators in Jharkhand injuring a few policemen while authorities in Jammu imposed a curfew in few areas and parts of Kashmir observed a shutdown.
\nIn Delhi, the protesters massed outside the historic Jama Masjid after the Friday prayers demanding the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
\nSome of the people, who gathered on the steps of the mosque, carried placards and shouted slogans against Sharma and Naveen Jindal, former head of the Delhi BJP’s media unit.
\nSenior police officials said the protest was held peacefully and lasted for 15 to 20 minutes.
\nThe protesters were later dispersed from the area.
\nSome policemen were injured while trying to control demonstrators near Hanuman Temple situated on Ranchi’s Main Road.
\nPolice fired in air and resorted to baton charge to control the protesters who spilled out on the road after the Friday prayers and pelted stones and shouted slogans.
\nPolice officials said the protests were continuing since morning and picked up tempo post-Friday prayers.
\nMany shops and establishments kept their shutters down in protest against the contorversial remarks.
\nTension mounted in Jammu’s Bhaderwah and some areas of Kishtwar prompting authorities to impose curfew while parts of Kashmir observed a shutdown.
\nInternet services were snapped in the Bhaderwah and Kishtwar towns and Srinagar city of Kashmir as a precautionary measure.
\nMobile Internet was also suspended in parts of Kashmir, officials said.
\nSporadic incidents of stone-pelting were reported in Bhaderwah town.
\nSome people, violating restrictions, came out on the streets and threw stones at security forces while raising slogans.
\nIn Srinagar, protests were held at Lal Chowk, Batamaloo, Tengpora and other places with the demonstrators holding placards.
\nProtests also broke out at several places in Uttar Pradesh with sloganeering taking place in Saharanpur, Moradabad, Rampur and Lucknow.
\nIn the Atala area of Prayagraj, people raised slogans and pelted stones after the Friday prayers ended.
\nMembers of the Muslim community staged protests in several cities of Maharashtra though no untoward incident was reported from anywhere. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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