Jammu: One person was killed and two injured when the police opened fire at protestors in a Jammu village on Wednesday.
With this, the death toll in the more-than-a-month-long Amarnath land agitation has mounted to eight in this region of Jammu and Kashmir.
The police opened fire at the protestors in Palli Morh area in Kathua district, The agitators were demanding restoration of land to the Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), the governing board of the cave shrine in south Kashmir.
According to sources, the protestors tried to march towards Jammu-Pathankot National Highway when the police opened fire. One of them died on the spot.
"One protestor was killed and two wounded," a police officials said.
The firing triggered huge protests in Kathua town and its surrounding areas.
Hindu groups in Jammu region have been demanding the restoration of 40 hectares of land that was allotted to the SASB, the governing body of the shrine in the Kashmir Valley, before the order was withdrawn on July 1.
Meanwhile, Jammu city, the winter capital of the state, remained comparatively calm on Wednesday.
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