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| CM puts off Shopian visit after civil curfew | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 20: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today had to cancel his visit to tension bound Shopian township of South Kashmir–which has been boiling over the rape and murder of two women –after the locals decided to greet him with civil curfew.
A complete shutdown was observed in Shopian and life came to a standstill due to a "civil curfew" call against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's proposed visit to the town, which was later cancelled in view of the development.
The 'civil curfew' was called by Majlis-e-Mashawarat, a non-political body spearheading the movement for justice for two women, who were allegedly raped and murdered in the town, 52 kms from here, in May.
Although Omar cancelled his visit to the town, all shops and business establishments remained closed, while vehicles went off the roads in response to the announcement made through loud speakers of mosques early in this morning.
According to official sources, the chief minister changed his plan to visit Shopian in view of the development. "We have called for a civil curfew to protest the visit of the Chief Minister," Spokesman of the Majlis-e-Mashawarat Mohammad Shafi Khan told a news agency over phone.
He said Omar was scheduled to inaugurate a stadium in close vicinity of the area from where 17-year-old Asiya and her 22-year-old sister-in-Law Neelofar Jan went missing before their "brutal and barbaric" killing.
"The inauguration of the Stadium by the Chief Minister is like rubbing salt on our wounds. The culprits of the victims are still at large," Khan said, adding "Omar kept away from Shopian for the last three months and did not even send any of his cabinet colleagues to ascertain the facts."
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