Srinagar, Sept. 28 -- After four days, authorities allowed a four-hour curfew relaxation on Saturday in violence-hit Leh, Ladakh, as no untoward incidents were reported. Ladakh lieutenant governor Kavinder Gupta chaired a high-level security review at Raj Bhavan, following which curfew was eased in phases.

"We have taken a decision (to ease restrictions). The curfew is relaxed for two hours from 1pm to 3pm in the first phase in old city areas, followed by a two-hour relaxation in new areas from 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm," DGP Jamwal told reporters in Leh.

The curfew was clamped in the town on Wednesday evening after widespread violence resulted in the death of four persons and injuries to 90 others during a shutdown called by the Leh Apex Body...