SRINAGAR: The security forces in riot gear are enforcing a lockdown in summer capital Srinagar and other major towns of Kashmir Valley as part of tough measures taken by the authorities to contain widespread protests and violence triggered by the killing of Hizb-ul-Mujahedin commander Subzar Ahmed Bhat in an encounter in Tral area on Saturday.
The police on Sunday said that six incidents of stone pelting were reported from Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian and Sopore till Sunday afternoon whereas the situation elsewhere in the Valley remained “peaceful and under control”.
Elsewhere in the Muslim-majority Valley life has been brought to a standstill due to a two-day strike from Sunday called by separatist leaders-Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik. It has also asked the people to march on Tuesday to show solidarity with the families of Bhat and his accomplice Faizan Muzaffar who was also killed in the encounter.
