Curfew was relaxed for three hours on June 16 morning in Bhaderwah town of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district as situation remained relatively peaceful with no untoward incident, officials said.
Shops and business establishments reopened around 9 a.m., immediately after authorities announced the relaxation of the curfew that was imposed on June 9 following communal tension triggered by the remarks on Prophet Mohammad by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who was later suspended, and social media posts by some local right-wing activists in her support.
The curfew had earlier been relaxed for two hours from 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, for the first time in a week.
