Jammu, June 14: Curfew continued for the sixth consecutive day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badarwah and restrictions in Doda and Kishtwar towns of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir amid a peaceful protest was staged in Jammu city over blasphemous remarks on Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and another BJP leader Naveen Kumar Jindal.
The occupation authorities decided to continue curfew restrictions imposed under Section 144 of the CrPc in the Muslim dominated towns in the name of maintaining law and order.
As heavy deployment continued in the two towns, there was no report of any untoward incident from anywhere.
Burqa-clad women and female students of local madrassas staged a protest demonstration in Sopore town, Baramulla, against the derogatory remarks on the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) by BJP’s top leadership.
The protest demonstration was organized by local women and students of madarassas in Chinkipora area of the town. The protestors took out the rally from Chinkipora to Sopore Police Station.
Holding placards and chanting slogans, the protesters demanded a stringent action against BJP leaders Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal who made derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad (SAW).Meanwhile, Hindutva-inspired Indian police are brutally assaulting Muslims peacefully protesting against the Indian government’s denigration of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in Ranchi in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Earlier, Indian police had shot dead two protesters and arrested more than 130 others during street rallies sparked by ruling BJP official's remarks on Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).
There have been widespread protests in the Muslim world since last week, when Nupur Sharma, the spokeswoman for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party party made offensive remarks on the Prophet (PBUH) on a TV debate show, the media reports said
A day earlier, students of Government Boys as well as girls Higher Secondary Schools and traders of Sopore town also staged protest demonstrations against the blasphemous act.