Indian army and paramilitary troopers stand guard as security and forensic teams inspect the wreckage of vehicles at the site of a suicide attack on a national highway near Lethpora village in Pulwama district, about 27 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 15, 2019. The death toll of a suicide attack targeting paramilitary troopers belonging to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday has risen to 40, officials said. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Authorities Friday imposed curfew in Jammu city, the winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir following massive violence, officials said.
The violence broke out during a shutdown call to the protest against the attack on paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in the restive region on Thursday that killed at least 40 people.
Reports said at least 12 people were injured in the violence and several vehicles were damaged, some of them torched by mobsters.
The authorities ordered the imposition of curfew "to maintain law and order, public tranquillity and to protect life and property of general public," a government spokesman said.
Authorities have suspended mobile internet services in Jammu as a precautionary measure to prevent deterioration of the situation.
On Thursday a suicide bomber rammed a heavily laden explosive car into CRPF convoy on national highway near Lethpora village in region's Pulwama district, blowing himself and killing 40 paramilitary troopers besides wounding several others.
