New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to remain calm and maintain peace after violent protests, following killing of terror group Hizbul Mujahideen poster boy Burhan Wani in an encounter, led to death of at least nine persons.
“I appeal to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to remain calm and maintain peace,” he said in a statement.
Singh said the central government is working with the Jammu and Kashmir government to bring normalcy in Kashmir Valley. “Deeply anguished at the loss of precious lives in the incidents of violence in Jammu and Kashmir. I also pray for the speedy recovery of those injured,” he said.