Restrictions imposed in Srinagar
Srinagar July 25 (IANS) Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar to prevent separatist-called protests against the arrest made in a terror funding case.
Separatist leaders -- Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq who had called for the shutdown were placed under house arrest in Srinagar while Yasin Malik was lodged in the Srinagar Central Jail.
The District Magistrate has ordered restrictions under section 144 of the CrPC in the old city area including Rainawari Khanyar Nowhatta M.R. Gunj and Safa Kadal.
Public transport shops other businesses and educational institutions remained closed here and other district headquarters in the valley.
Private transport and some three-wheelers were however seen moving in uptown and the city outskirts.
Contingents of police and the Central Reserve Police Force in riot gear disallowed vehicular and pedestrian movement in all the areas where restrictions were imposed.
The protest shutdown was called after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested several separatist leaders in the terror funding case on Monday.
The arrested include Altaf Ahmad Shah son-in-law of Geelani and Ayaz Akbar spokesman of the Geelani-led Hurriyat group.
The other arrested separatists include Nayeem Khan Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate Shahid-ul-Islam political aide of Umer Farooq Peer Saifullah and Mehrajuddin Kalwal.
--IANS
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