Srinagar, Nov 22: Even though it attracted only partial response, the normal life was nevertheless impacted Kashmir Valley Thursday due to a strike called by separatists to protest the killing of a Tehreek-e-Hurriyat activist in Anantnag district on Tuesday.
While most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments were shut here, some shops in the uptown city remained open. Roadside vendors also went about their business as usual so much so that traffic jams were witnessed in some uptown areas like Amirakadal Chowk, hari Singh high Street and Batamaloo.
Majority public transport was off the roads, but some minibuses plied on certain routes. Private cars, cabs and auto-rickshaws were also plying in some areas of the city.
Similar reports of disruption in normal life were received from other district headquarters of the Valley.
Separatists – Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik – under the banner of Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) – had asked people to observe a protest shutdown against the killing of Hafeezullah Mir in Achabal area of Anantnag district of south Kashmir.
Mir, who was district president of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at his residence on Tuesday.
