Normalcy ahoy!

I see todays newspaper…

Alleged molestation of a young woman by the paramilitary CRPF personnel sparked massive demonstrations at Nowpora here on Monday.

—GK

A man was crushed to death and two others critically injured by a speeding paramilitary CRPF vehicle at Hyderpora on the city outskirts on Monday evening. The incident sparked off violent protests by the people after which police seized the CRPF vehicle and arrested its driver.

—GK

Curfew was relaxed for three hours in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Monday.

—GK

Incensed at the security forces’ beating of a student and two women, hundreds of people staged angry demonstrations in Pattan today and blocked traffic on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road as a mark of protest.

—KO

No judge has yet been found by the Jammu and Kashmir government to head a probe into the alleged staged killings by security forces in the state almost seven weeks after a judicial inquiry was announced.

— KO

These sure are signs of normalcy in Kashmir.

And the paramilitary forces sure are behaving like “security” forces…