Srinagar, Saturday, July 31, 2010: Indefinite curfew was clamped in all major towns of the Kashmir Valley today in the wake of protests, even as the death toll in the violent clashes between locals and security forces rose to four. There were also reports of sporadic protests in some parts of the Valley.

Two of the 70 people injured during protests yesterday succumbed to injuries at a hospital this morning, a police spokesman said. The deceased have been identified as Mohammed Rafiq and 30-year-old Mohammed Siddiqui of Baramulla district.

Official sources that curfew has been imposed as a precautionary measure following the protests. Police and paramilitary forces were deployed in all sensitive areas and the residents have been asked not to step out. Curfew passes given to media persons have been cancelled, police said. This is the second time this month that curfew passes have been cancelled.

(News Agency)