The situation in Kanpur also turned violent after protesters went unruly in the city. The violent Muslim mobs chased a police jeep and ransacked public property.
The minister accused various separatist organisations and activists part of the Hurriyat Conference for instigating people to resort to stone-pelting in Kashmir Valley.
In another such incident, an apple trader from Punjab named Charanjeet Singh was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Shopian district last Wednesday.
The Luhari village in UP's Baghpat has been tensed after several cow carcasses were found. Locals allege police inaction on smugglers and illegal meat businesses.
Many truckers, which carry essential commodities and other goods for the people of Kashmir from Jammu and other parts of the country are being targeted and not allowed to load apples for different destinations in the country.
2 Bhakerwals were abducted from the Tral region yesterday. The bullet-ridden body of one Abdul Qadeer Kohli was found today while the other person named Manzoor Ahmed remains missing.