Jammu/April,11: Shutdown called by Jammu Bar Association over several demands including transfer rape-n-murder case of Katua minor girl Asifa to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and deportation of Rohingya muslims Wednesday evoked mixed response as other bar associations and trading bodies of Jammu disassociated themselves from the “Jammu Bandh” call of Jammu Bar Association.
The shutdown was called by the Jammu lawyers body against settlements of Rohingya refugees in Jammu, for transfer of Asifa murder case investigations to the CBI and against the minutes of a government meeting which said that tribals would not be evicted from lands they have occupied over the years. Shops at most places opened normally although some markets remained closed.
Educational institutions at most places here functioned as usual, with the exemption of a few where the shutdown was effective. Public transport operated normally as operators did not support the shutdown call.
