December 20
On a call issued by Auqaf Committee in Pulwama, the Southern Kashmir District has shut for the sixth consecutive day against the killing of ten locals in Sirnoo area of Pulwama District on Saturday.
Locals from Pulwama informed The Kashmiriyat that business establishments, educational institutes are shut in the area while Militant photographs have surfaced in many areas of the District.
The Call for shutdown had been called by Auqaf committee of Pulwama District on Sunday and they have asked people to continue shutdown till Friday against the ‘inhumane’ killings.
Meanwhile hundreds of people including religious scholars, Hurriyat activists are visiting the families of slain youth on Thursday to offer condolences to the bereaved families.
Parts of Shopian are also observing a partial shutdown and Pro Freedom Songs are being played on mosque loudspeakers in most parts of both the Districts.
Mobile Internet services were barred in the Pulwama and Shopian Districts on Saturday following the killings.