SRINAGAR : Life was today affected due to curfew like restrictions and general strike in south Kashmir districts of
Anantnag and Kulgam, where a teenager was killed after security force opened fire to disperse demonstrators at Koimoh yesterday. However, official sources said restrictions under Section 144 CrPC have been imposed at Koimoh, Kulgam, to maintain law and order.
The breakaway Hurriyat Conference (HC) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is under house arrest since his return from New Delhi in April, has called for a general strike in Kulgam and Anantnag today against the killing of Suhail Ahmad Lone at Khudwani Koimoh after security forces opened fire to disperse demonstrators yesterday.
The demonstrators were protesting against the Israeli air strikes on Gaza that left more than 300 people, mostly women and children, dead during the past more than a week. They were also protesting against security force firing in which a youth was injured on July 18.
Sensing more trouble today after massive protests yesterday, hundreds of security force and state police personnel were deployed at Khudwani and Koimoh since last night to prevent any more violence.
Residents alleged that they were not being allowed to move out of their houses by security forces. “We were being directed to remain as curfew has been imposed,” a resident Abdul Rashid said over phone.
He said even people were not allowed to purchase essentials, including milk, bread and vegetables. Meanwhile, shops and business establishments, which remained open on Sunday, were closed and traffic was off the roads in Kulgam and Anantnag.
Additional security force and police personnel have been deployed to prevent any demonstration. However, vehicles carrying Amarnath yatris were plying normally.
(AGENCIES)
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