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Uneasy calm prevails in Kashmir; Strike, restrictions continue
Last Updated 29 May 2017, 14:18 IST
An uneasy calm prevailed in Kashmir as strike and restrictions continued for second consecutive day on Monday. Following the killing of Burhan Wani’s successor Sabzar Bhat in an encounter with security forces in Tral area of south Kashmir on Saturday, the Valley has been on edge with separatists calling for shutdown and authorities imposing curfew like restrictions. Due to strike and restrictions, normal life remained paralysed in Kashmir with shops, business establishments, educational institutions and marketplaces remaining closed across the Valley and public transport thrown off the gear.
The separatists have asked people to march towards Tral, the native town of Burhan and Sabzar, on Tuesday. Fearing law and order problems, the authorities have decided to continue with the restrictions in volatile areas of Srinagar and other districts of the Valley on Tuesday as well to prevent protests.
Intra-Kashmir train services remained suspended on Monday for the second consecutive day. Mobile internet services continued to remain snapped in the entire Valley where the outgoing facility on prepaid connections is also barred.
Senior separatist leaders including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq have been placed under house arrest while pro-independence JKLF chief, Yasin Malik was arrested and shifted to the central jail on Sunday.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Munir Khan said the situation across the Valley remained under control. “Barring two minor stone pelting incidents in Tahab (Pulwama) and 90 Feet Raod (Srinagar), the situation remained under control,” he said, adding that no injury was reported during these incidents.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan said all the schools and colleges across the Valley would remain closed on Tuesday. He also said that the restrictions in Srinagar and other sensitive areas will remain in force as precautionary measures.
The latest bout of unrest has started affecting the already low inflow of tourist into the Kashmir Valley. People associated with the tourism industry are expressing fears of losing their livelihood if things do not normalise in coming days. Last year, after the killing of Burhan Wani, the poster boy of a new wave of Kashmir militancy on July 8, Kashmir had a devastating tourist season.
The unrest that followed Burhan’s killing lasted for five months during which nearly 100 civilians were killed during clashes with security forces and thousands of others were injured.
The separatists have asked people to march towards Tral, the native town of Burhan and Sabzar, on Tuesday. Fearing law and order problems, the authorities have decided to continue with the restrictions in volatile areas of Srinagar and other districts of the Valley on Tuesday as well to prevent protests.
Intra-Kashmir train services remained suspended on Monday for the second consecutive day. Mobile internet services continued to remain snapped in the entire Valley where the outgoing facility on prepaid connections is also barred.
Senior separatist leaders including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq have been placed under house arrest while pro-independence JKLF chief, Yasin Malik was arrested and shifted to the central jail on Sunday.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Munir Khan said the situation across the Valley remained under control. “Barring two minor stone pelting incidents in Tahab (Pulwama) and 90 Feet Raod (Srinagar), the situation remained under control,” he said, adding that no injury was reported during these incidents.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan said all the schools and colleges across the Valley would remain closed on Tuesday. He also said that the restrictions in Srinagar and other sensitive areas will remain in force as precautionary measures.
The latest bout of unrest has started affecting the already low inflow of tourist into the Kashmir Valley. People associated with the tourism industry are expressing fears of losing their livelihood if things do not normalise in coming days. Last year, after the killing of Burhan Wani, the poster boy of a new wave of Kashmir militancy on July 8, Kashmir had a devastating tourist season.
The unrest that followed Burhan’s killing lasted for five months during which nearly 100 civilians were killed during clashes with security forces and thousands of others were injured.
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(Published 29 May 2017, 14:17 IST)
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