SRINAGAR : Train services have been suspended for security reasons in the Kashmir valley, where separatists had called for a general strike today to protest the death of two civilians in Anantnag.
”We have suspended all trains today in the Kashmir valley following advisory from Police and civil administration, ,” a railway official said.
He said all train runs on Srinagar-Badgam in central Kashmir to Baramulla in north Kashmir have been suspended. Similarly, trains operating on Badgam-Srinagar and Anantnag and Qazigund in south Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu have also been cancelled.
Train runs were suspended several times last month for security reasons on directions from the administration.
Both the factions of the Hurriyat Conference (HC) and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) have called for a strike to protest against death of two civilians in Anantnag, where two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces yesterday.
Two LeT militants, including Bashir Lashkeri, involved in the killing of five police personnel, including SHO Feroz Ahmad Dar, last month in Anantnag, were killed in the encounter. Two civilians, including a woman, also died in the incident. (agencies)
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