Bandipora/Sept, 22: A complete shutdown on Saturday against the killing of five militants Friday this week hit normal life in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
Five militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba were killed in a gunfight with the forces in Sumlar forests of the district Friday this week.
All shops and other business establishments are closed while public transport remained badly affected due to the shutdown in Bandipora town and the Sumlar village, located four kilometers from the district headquarters.
Meanwhile, locals at Sumlar have retrieved some remains of a slain militant from the site of the gunfight.
A resident told Greater Kashmir that the remains of the unknown militant will be buried at the local martyrs’ graveyard.