The 22-day-old agitation of Kashmiri Pandits, which claimed three lives and injuries to several hundred, was suspended to-day [September 3] following an intervention by the Union Home Minister, Mr. Y.B. Chavan. Under an agreement reached between the Hindu Action Committee which led the agitation and the authorities after 24 hours of intensive negotiations, it was agreed to set up a committee soon to look into the complaints and grievances of the Pandit community. The Government has also agreed to release all the persons arrested and detained in competition with the agitation. In regard to the Pandits’ demand for a judicial inquiry into the alleged excesses committed by the police in detailing with the agitation, it was left to the Union Home Minister to choose the manner and method in which these allegations were properly examined.
