Srinagar: Tension gripped Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday as some members of the Muslim community were beaten up by unidentified assailants for slaughtering a camel on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, officials said.
Reports here said that the incident occurred in the Palma village of Rajouri in Jammu region when the Muslim men slaughtered the camel on the day of Eid, on Tuesday.
As news of the assault spread in the Muslim-majority district, tension gripped the area and police was deployed to prevent any untoward incident, officials said.
"Curfew was imposed in the Rajouri town tonight. There were incidents of heavy stone-pelting and communal tension in the town," IG Johny William, who is incharge DIG range Rajouri-Poonch, told PTI.
Meanwhile, Rajouri District Magistrate Shabir Ahmed Bhat said that camel meat was recovered from some passengers in a commercial vehicle which lead to spread of rumours, following which clashes erupted in some parts of Rajouri town, prompting the district administration to impose curfew to avoid any loss of life and property.
Army was also called in for flag march but has been put on stand-by, he added.
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