Rail service again suspended in Kashmir for security reasons

Srinagar: Train service has been suspended for security reasons in the Kashmir valley, where separatists had called for a general strike today in protest against the death of two civilians in Anantnag, where two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces yesterday.
We have suspended all trains today in the Kashmir valley for security reasons, a railway official told UNI.
He said all train runs on Srinagar-Badgam in central Kashmir to Baramulla in north Kashmir have been suspended. Similarly trains operating on Badgam-Srinagar and Anantnag and Qazigund in south Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu have also been cancelled.
We have suspended the train services following advisory from Police and civil administration, he said.
Train runs were suspended several times last month for security reasons on directions from the administration.
Both the factions of the Hurriyat Conference (HC) and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), spearheading the agitation demanding right to self determination, have called for a strike today in protest against Anantnag killings.
Two LeT militants, including Bashir Lashkeri, involved in the killing of five police personnel, including SHO Feroz Ahmad Dar, last month in Anantnag, were killed in an encounter yesterday. Two civilians, including a woman, also died in the incident.