Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said there was a decline in the incidents of stonepelting since August 5, when the Centre announced abrogation of the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370.
Stones were hurled at police by supporters of both the men when they were being whisked away from the spot, the officer added.
Pancharam Rithadiya, 44, allegedly committed suicide last week by jumping in front of a running train near Tilak Nagar railway station. During his funeral procession to a crematorium insuburban Chembur on Tuesday, his angry relatives and some other people allegedly pelted stones at the police and also vandalised a police van and some other private vehicles,
Mohammad Khalil Dar, who belonged to the same Zradipora Uranhall locality, was returning home when protesters mistook his truck for a security force vehicle and hurled stones at it. The driver, who was hit on the head, was shifted to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
According to the tradition, four local feudal lords-- Chamyal, Gaharwal, Olgiya and Lamgaria-are divide into two groups. Then both groups start pelting each other with stones. The ritual ends with a signal from the head priest.
Hardline separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat was in constant touch with terrorist organisations from the Jammu and Kashmir jail where he was in detention since 2010 before being shifted, and was instrumental in orchestrating stone pelting and attacks on security forces in the state.
The protesters demanded ban on pellet guns, saying their continued use could render more people blind.
Police have arrested six persons for pelting stones at a camp held by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district.
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An investigation into several incidents of the sort in Delhi established that most of the stone-pelters were young children, forcing RPF to change its methods.
In a statement released Monday night, the Raj Bhavan said, "Governor of Tamil Nadu has accepted the resignation of P Balakrishna Reddy, from the Council of Ministers.”
The Army on Friday paid tributes to him and two other jawans -Lance Naik Brajesh Kumar, Sepoy Ngamsiamliana, who were killed in separate anti-militancy operations in Kashmir valley.
The blast, which claimed seven lives, occurred soon after security forces gunned down three Jaish-e-Mohammed militants in an encounter.
A group of Class 11 students clashed with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town on Wednesday protesting against the conduct of the Class 11 examinations by the state board of school education.
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The policemen, who disguised as stone pelters, brandished toy guns to scare others while the duo were taken to the police station.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: It is pertinent to mention here that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also recently faced the same situation during his rath yatra.
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Giving details, the officials said 39 security personnel, including 17 Army personnel, 20 policemen and two CRPF personnel, were killed and 96 others injured in militancy-related incidents in first six months of this year.
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