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| Exams postponed, train services suspended as tension continues | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 4: Security forces have been heavily deployed in Srinagar and other sensitive places in Kashmir to maintain peace,and law and order on Wednesday, officials said, even though separatists did not call for a shutdown.
Authorities decided to close all educational institutions and postpone exams scheduled for the day as tension continued in the Valley. Train services have also been suspended for the third consecutive day.
Traffic on the otherwise busy Srinagar-Sonamarg road remained suspended for the second day.
The restriction on movement of people was put in place in the wake of agitations and a strike call by separatists after the encounters in Jammu and Kashmir's Sophian and Anantnag districts. Mobile internet services remained suspended in four south Kashmir districts as well as in Ganderbal district in central Kashmir.
Shops, public transport and other businesses remained mostly shut in Srinagar and other major towns in the Kashmir Valley.
Private transport, however, moved in uptown and outskirts in Srinagar.
A 23-year-old youth killed in clashes with the security forces in Kangan town was buried in the early hours of Wednesday morning. A complete protest shutdown marred normal life in Ganderbal district following the death of the youth.
The district magistrate of Ganderbal has ordered a magisterial probe into the youth's killing while police also ordered a departmental enquiry to ascertain facts about the incident. Clashes had broken out in Kangan on Tuesday immediately after the youth's body was taken there. |
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