SRINAGAR – The puppet authorities have imposed restrictions in Srinagar andother parts of the Kashmir valley on Monday to prevent a march towards thecivil secretariat and a sit-in protest against the killings of 10 youth bythe Indian troops in Shopian yesterday.
Call for the march and sit-in outside civil secretariat was given by theJoint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooqand Muhammad Yasin Malik after the killing of the youth.
Curfew-like restrictions have been particularly placed in Rainawari,Khanyar, Nowhatta, Safakadal, Mharaj Gunj, Maisuma and Kralkhud areas ofSrinagar as precautionary measures.
The JRL has asked people to stage a sit-in outside the civil secretariattill carnage is not stopped in Kashmir.
Authorities have placed Gilani and Mirwaiz under house arrest while Malikhas been detained. All educational institutions have been shut in thevalley. All Kashmir University examinations scheduled to be held, today,have been postponed. Rail services were also suspended.
Mobile internet services remained suspended in all South Kashmir districts,Srinagar and Ganderbal in the valley.
Meanwhile, normal life came to a standstill across the occupied territoryto mourn the killing of 10 youth. All shops, other business establishmentsand educational institutions remained closed while public transport was offthe roads.
Police foiled a protest march of traders in Srinagar who were demonstratingagainst the yesterday’s civilian killings in Shopian. The traders,representing Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF), assembledat Abi Guzar and tried to march towards the civil secretariat, but policeintercepted and prevented the march at the Residency road.
Indian police detained Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained after he defied hishouse detention and tried to march towards Secretariat, today.