Srinagar: After being suspended for two days in wake of violence in the Valley following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, Amarnath Yatra on Monday resumed from Jammu, a senior district official said.
Deputy Commissioner Simrandeep Singh said that the yatra resumed from Jammu today, news agency PTI reported.
Earlier in the day, hundreds of Amarnath pilgrims were seen stranded as Srinagar-Jammu national highway remained out of bounds for the third day on Monday.
Many of the pilgrims, who performed the yatra through Baltal route in Sonamarg area of central Kashmirs Ganderbal district, were stranded near the Tourist Reception Centre in the city here.
The pilgrims left the Baltal base camp at around 1 AM and reached Srinagar in the wee hours.
The Srinagar-Jammu national highway is closed for traffic as it passes through south Kashmir which has seen the maximum violence following the killing of Wani and his two associates on Friday.
The violence has left 23 dead and more than 250 persons injured. The latest casuality of the violence was a 13-year-old boy, who was injured in police firing and succumbed to his injuries in a hospital today.
Police sources said more violence erupted in parts of the south and north Kashmir on Monday.
They said an angry mob set ablaze a police picket in Lassipora in Pulwama district in south Kashmir. Another police camp was set afire in north Kashmir's Sopore town, the sources said.
Strict curfew continued on Monday in most parts of the Kashmir Valley following heightened tension.
Three policemen taken hostage by angry mobs in south Kashmir on Friday, returned back safely, but their weapons were seized, police said here on Monday.
Four police stations, 36 civil administration offices and dozens of vehicles were destroyed by unruly mobs.
All senior separatist leaders including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, were placed under arrest by the authorities while the state government on Sunday requested them to help normalise the situation.
It is feared if things are not quickly brought under control, Kashmir could be in the throws of another bloody unrest when in 2010, 112 protesters died in clashes with security forces.
