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Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice, would be observed across Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. It would, however, be a low-key affair this time across Kashmir, including the summer capital Srinagar, in the wake of civilian killings by forces during the ongoing uprising that entered its 66th day on Monday.
The roads leading to major Eidgahs, Masjids and Shrines are likely to remain under siege and there would be heavy deployment of forces in all major towns and “sensitive” places to foil any pro-freedom protests, officials said.
All 10 districts of the Kashmir Valley will be under curfew on Eid tomorrow to prevent any outbreak of violence.
The Army, which has been asked to be on standby, will step in if there is fresh outbreak of violence in the Valley, which has been witnessing widespread unrest for over two months leading to death of over 75 people so far, official sources said.
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Army troops have already been stationed at vantage points in rural areas which have a history of violent protests, they said, adding curfew will be in force from midnight tonight.
The decision to impose restrictions on assembly of large number of people has been taken in view of the call by separatists for a march to the local offices of the United Nations tomorrow, official sources said.
This is probably for the first time that curfew will be in place on the day of Eid festival ever since militancy broke out in the state in 1990.