Kashmir: Extra security forces deployed after deadly clashes

In the sensitive areas of Kashmir valley, extra forces were deployed on Wednesday. Kashmir Valley where normal life was disrupted due to a strike called by separatists to protest the killing of civilians during a clash with security forces. In view of the situation, Kashmir University, Central University Kashmir and the Islamic University of Science andTechnology have postponed all examinations scheduled on Wednesday.

Three civilians were killed and 18 others were injured on Tuesday as security forces clashed with stone trying to disrupt an anti-militancy operation which ended with the killing of a militant in Budgam district of Kashmir.

Officials said that most of the shops, business establishments, and fuel stations were shut in the summer capital here in view of the strike, while educational institutions remained closed in the city, the officials said.

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They said public transport was minimal, while private cars, cabs, and auto-rickshaws were plying in some areas of the city.

Similar reports of the shutdown were received from most other district headquarters of the Valley, the officials said.

They said extra deployment of security forces has been made in sensitive areas like Chadoora, in central Kashmir's Budgam district where the killings took place as well as in downtown areas of the city to maintain law and order.

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The separatists, including chairmen of both Hurriyat factions - Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Omar Farooq andJKLF chief Mohammad Yasin Malik asked people to observe a shutdown to protest the killings.

They also asked the people to hold protests after congregational prayers on Friday.