Srinagar: Life across the Kashmir Valley was partially affected by the separatist shutdown call Monday to protest last week’s firing by security forces on protesters in Pulwama town, although private transport and essential services functioned normally, eyewitnesses said.
Shops, other business establishments and public transport remained closed in both the old-city and uptown areas here. Government offices, banks, post-offices and essential services like hospitals, water supplies and electricity, however, functioned normally.
Seven people were injured in retaliatory action by the security forces against a stone-pelting mob. The mob had attacked an ambulance carrying security personnel injured in a gunfight with the militants in Babgam village of Pulwama district in which two guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit were killed. (IANS)
