Kashmir shuts on Maqbool Bhat death anniversary
Valley-wide shutdown and protests were called by separatists to press for return of mortal remains of Bhat and Afzal Guru to their families.
JKLF has also called a protest march to city center Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Saturday.
Authorities detained dozens of Kashmiri activists and placed separatist leaders under house arrest to prevent them from holding protests to mark the death anniversary Mohammed Maqbool Bhat.
A massive deployment of police and the paramilitary forces was spotted in several areas of old Srinagar.
Various roads were blocked with rolls of concertina wires with security personnel manning the barricades.
Authorities have also imposed restrictions in Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, M.R. Gunj, Safa Kadal, Kralkhud and Maisuma areas in Srinagar to maintain law and order.
Mohammed Maqbool Bhat was secretly hanged in a New Delhi jail in 1984 after being convicted of killing an Indian intelligence officer.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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