Normal life was affected in Kashmir due to a shutdown

Nissar Shaheen Shah

Normal life was affected in Kashmir on Sunday due to a shutdown called by the separatists against the killing of two youth in army firing in Ganowpora village of Shopian in south Kashmir yesterday. Shops and other business establishments remained closed in Srinagar and other district headquarters of the Valley. Public transport also remained off the roads.
Joint Resistance Leadership – an amalgam of separatist bodies – has called for a shutdown against the killing of two youth in army firing. In Shopian, shutdown continues for the fourth day today against the militant and civilian killings. Two militants and a civilian were killed in a gunfight on Wednesday in Chaigund village of the district.
In Downtown Srinagar, authorities have imposed curfew-like restrictions to prevent protests against the civilian killings.