SRINAGAR, March 4 (1989): Muslims enraged over Salman Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses" fought pitched battles with police in Kashmir on Saturday after the U.N. secretary-general called for an end to the controversy. Nearly 40 people were injured in street battles in various parts of Kashmir, where three people have been killed and several hundred injured since Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called on Moslems last month to kill Rushdie. Police fired in the air and used tear gas to...




