Jammu and Kashmir shutdown marks 62 yrs of troop arrival

The Kashmir Valley was shut on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the arrival of Indian troops in the scenic region in response to the separatists' call. During the strike, slogan-chanting crowds, mainly youth, clashed with the riot police at half-a-dozen places, leaving an unspecified number of persons injured.

Muslim separatists, claiming India forcibly occupied the territory on the pretext of Maharaja Hari Singh's seeking its military assistance to push back the Pakistani tribal raiders, had called for observing "black day" on the 62nd anniversary of the Indian Army's arrival. The first batch of Indian troops was airlifted to Srinagar on October 27, 1947 following the Maharaja signed the "Instrument of Accession".

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