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J&K mourns Afzal Guru death anniversary

| | Feb 10, 2016, at 03:17 am
Srinagar, Feb 9 (IBNS) Authorities on Tuesday put severe restrictions on the movement of people in various parts of the Kashmir valley as the area observed a complete shutdown on the occasion of the third death anniversary of Parliament-attack convict Afzal Guru.

Afzal Guru was secretly hanged on Feb 9, 2013 inside New Delhi’s Tihar jail in Delhi.

According to sources, all the separatist leaders were detained or put under house arrest and restrictions under Section 144 CrPC have been put in place in Srinagar on Tuesday curfew-like restrictions have been clamped in areas falling under jurisdictions of Rainawari, Nowhatta, M.R. Gunj, Safakadal and Kralkhud police stations.

JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was taken into custody from Abi Guzar  area of Srinagar and later he was remanded to seven-day judicial custody while Hurriyat (JK) leaders Shabir Ahmad Shah and Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Hurriyat (G) leaders, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai and Ayaz Akbar were among those put under house arrest to prevent them from staging any protests.

A massive deployment of the police and the paramilitary forces was spotted in various areas of old Srinagar.

Various roads have been blocked with rolls of concertina wires with security personnel manning the barricades.

Meanwhile, all shops and business establishments are closed in response to a strike call of the separatist leaders. Senior Hurriyat Leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani called for a strike on the day to mourn the death of Guru.
 

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