Srinagar: The local police and Central paramilitary forces in riot gear on Friday enforced curfew-like restrictions in Srinagar to hold back the “azadi” march on the summer headquarters of the United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) along city’s high-security Gupkar Road.
A day ago, posters from an obscure group had appeared in Srinagar and some other parts of the Valley asking people to march on the UNMOGIP office. The security forces overnight sealed all roads leading to the UNMOGIP office by laying concertina barbed wire and placing bunker-vehicles on these. Srinagar’s historic central square Lal Chowk was also sealed off again in a similar fashion.
The remaining parts of Srinagar, including those where restrictions had been lifted or eased a few days ago, also saw the re-imposition of curbs on the movement of people on Friday. Other Valley towns too remained under a lockdown. The authorities said the restrictions were a precautionary measure.
