J-K police help woman, newborn reach home amidst violence

Police today helped a woman with a newborn baby to reach home amid heavy stone-pelting in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, where a strike was observed for second consecutive day in support of the demand for removal of security camps.
A protective ring was thrown around the newborn baby and her parents, who were caught in stone-pelting while heading for their home in Baramulla town, a police spokesman said.
The mother and her child were discharged from Baramulla district hospital and were caught in the stone-pelting, he said.
"The parents along with their child and another woman attendant had to cross the bridge to reach their home but they could not due to the heavy stone-pelting on the bridge," the spokesman said, adding the pelters did not heed to the pleas of the parents as well as the police.

The continuous pelting also posed a security threat to the child, the spokesman said.
Sensing the gravity of the situation, he said police formed a protective ring around the newborn baby and his parents and provided them safe passage on their way home.

Baramulla town, 55 kms from here, on Srinagar-Uri road observed a complete shutdown for the second day in support of the demand for removal of security camps from the town.
"Nawjawan-e-Millat" (Youth of the nation), a hitherto unknown group, has called for indefinite strike in the town through posters to press for the removal of the security camps.

The town also witnessed clashes between police and angry youths at various places yesterday.