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• Smokers fined in north Kashmir  

Jump to full article: New Kerala.com (in), 2009-12-24

Intro:

The north Kashmir district of Baramulla again took the lead in the Kashmir valley, where those smoking in public places were imposed fine.

However, police in Srinagar and other districts continued to remain indifferent to impose ban on smoking in public places.

The district administration had recently imposed ban on the sale of illegally manufactured gas cylinders after one such cylinder exploded resulting in the death of four people and injuries to several others at Pattan.

Official sources said here today that a team of police, headed by Station House Officer (SHO) and Food Inspector, Rafiabad, conducted surprise checks in the public places.

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