Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 12: Youm-e-Ashura was observed today with religious fervour and reverence throughout Kashmir to pay tributes to Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and his companions for their supreme sacrifice in the battlefield of Karbala some 1300 years ago.
Alam and Zuljanah processions were taken out in all districts across Kashmir. Thousands of Azadars or mourners participated in a procession in Shia-dominated neighbourhoods of Old Srinagar and these processions passed through Mohalla Syed Afzal, Alamgari Bazar and culminated at Zadibal Imambargah.
The authorities had made tight security arrangements in and around Zadibal and hundreds of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed to maintain peace and prevent any kind of sectarian violence. The other departments of State Government including Health and PHE had also made adequate arrangements to serve mourners.
At Abi Guzar, dozens of mourners tried to take out a procession towards Old City but police and paramilitary who were additionally deployed there stopped them and pushed them back. Some of the mourners were reportedly detained by police. Since the eruption of militancy, the police doesn’t allow traditional Ashura procession from Abi Guzar to Old City as it fears law and order problem.
Reports of Alam and Zuljanah processions being carried out by Shia mourners were also received from other parts of Valley including Budga, Magam, Mirgund, Pattan, Ganderbal and Baramulla. All these processions culminated peacefully and no untoward incident was reported.
A police spokesman said that today being 10th Muharram a number of processions were taken out across Kashmir in which thousands of people participated. “In view of the sensitivity of certain areas, curfew was imposed in some police station (areas) of the Old City,” he said.
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