Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Four law enforcement personnel were martyred and more than 20 police and security officials were injured after banned JAAC activists opened fire, police said Monday.
An Azad Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Police spokesperson said activists of the proscribed Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee deliberately targeted personnel.
The spokesperson said miscreant elements had been dispersed and law and order had been restored in affected areas.
Police said most highways had reopened to traffic. Markets and commercial centres were also functioning as normal.
The spokesperson said police and other law enforcement agencies were continuing operations to protect public life and property.
Funeral prayers for the personnel martyred in the line of duty would be offered with full state honours, the spokesperson added.
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Police said legal action was continuing against armed and violent activists of the banned committee. The spokesperson said those responsible for the unrest, including leaders and workers, would be brought to justice.
The AJK government had declared the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee a proscribed organisation under anti-terrorism laws before its planned June 9 protest.
Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said Sunday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had formed a high-level committee for talks with the group.
He said the government had accepted most demands and withdrawn 170 protest-related cases.
