Jammu and Kashmir: Protest in valley over Thursday civilian deaths
Authorities on Friday placed top resistance leaders, including chairmen of both factions of Hurriyat Conference, under house arrest to maintain law and order in the Valley.
Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed while train service were suspended from Banihal to Baramulla in wake of strike called by Hurriyat and JKLF factions.
Reports said most of public and private transport remained off the roads, while thin attendance was seen in government and public sector offices.
On Thursday, joint Hurriyat leadership in Kashmir asked to observe shutdown and hold protests after Friday prayers against the death of two civilians during clashes with security forces near the encounter site at Padgampora in Awantipora area of Pulwama district on Thursday.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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