Srinagar: Normal life was Friday crippled as shop and business establishments were closed and traffic was off the roads in entire south Kashmir in protest against the killing of a civilian and three militants yesterday.
Officials said there were no restrictions imposed in any part of south Kashmir today though security forces remained deployed in strength to stop any violence.
Even though there was no strike call by separatists, majority of the shops and business establishments remained closed and traffic was off the roads for the third day today in Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and Kulgam districts in south Kashmir. However, few private vehicles could be seen plying on some interior roads.
To prevent any protests or violence, a large number of security and state police personnel remained deployed in Pulwama, where a youth yesterday died in security force action on protests, demonstrating against killing of three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants in an encounter.
Meanwhile, additional security forces, wearing bullet proof jackets and holding weapons and lathis in their hands, were also seen patrolling the streets in other major town and tehsil headquarters in south Kashmir to prevent any untoward incident.
However, traffic on Srinagar-Jammu national highway was plying normally though security forces have been deployed in strength to prevent any law and order problem.
Three LeT militants were killed in an encounter with government forces Thursday this week at Kakpora in Pulwama. A 22-year-old youth, Touseef Ahmad Wani, was killed in the subsequent cashes when security forces fired pellets and burst teargas shells to disperse the demonstrators at Kakpora.
