The government foiled the bid of Shiite mourners to take out a Muharram procession by placing barricades at several places and by firing tear gas shells near Jehangir Chowk here today. Even as the religious procession taken out on the 8th of Muharram was banned after the eruption of militancy in the Kashmir valley, a group of mourners tried to defy the ban by taking out a procession from the Shaheed Gunj area. However, the police foiled their bid by resorting to cane charge and also fired tear gas shells…
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