Srinagar:All train runs were suspended as a precautionary measure in Kashmir valley, where separatists have called for a general strike today in protest against the killing of three youth allegedly in security force firing during the last two days.
“We have suspended all train runs in the valley today,” a railway official told UNI.
He said train service from Srinagar-Anantnag-Qazigund to Banihal in Jammu region remained suspended since yesterday as a precautionary measure in view of fresh violence.
Meanwhile, he said train runs from Srinagar-Badgam to Baramulla in north Kashmir have been suspended today.
He further said train runs were suspended, following a directive from the state administration and police.
Both the factions of the Hurriyat Conference (HC) and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), spearheading the agitation, demanding ‘right to self determination’, have called for a strike today to protest against the killing of three youth in security force firing in two separate incidents in Kashmir valley.
A youth succumbed yesterday due to injuries sustained in security force firing on protestors at Rengreth on Srinagar-old Airport road on Thursday. Meanwhile, two youth, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed and several others were injured when security forces burst teargas shells and resorted to firing to disperse protestors, who were trying to disrupt anti-militant operation in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Three Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in the encounter.
In the past, railway property has suffered massive damage during protests in the valley, where the train services remained suspended for about six months during summer unrest last year.
