J&K strike enters day four, separatists appeal to resume

Srinagar, July 11 (PTI) The situation in the capital of
India's northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar
continued to be tense, as shops and business establishments
remained closed for the fourth consecutive day Saturday
protesting against the alleged high-handedness of the police
and paramilitary forces.

The separatists, who had called for strike Friday had
appealed people to resume their normal activities Saturday.

However, shops and business markets in Maisuma, Madina
Chowk, Lal Chowk, Red Cross Road, Hari Singh High Street,
Regal Chowk, Polo View, Court Road, Maharaj Bazar, Gonikhan,
Basant Bagh, Nai Sarak, and Abi Guzar in uptown areas remained
closed, official sources said.

Business establishments also remained closed in most
parts of the old city in protest against the arrest of youths
picked up by police during night raids, they said.

Srinagar was in grip of since Wednesday, when the body of
an undergraduate student Asrar Mushtaq Dar, who went missing
since July 3 was recovered by the police from Rainawari
locality of the city.

Kashmir valley observed a strike Friday against Asrar's
murder and mysterious death of a college girl Aamina at
Dolipora, in Kupwara district on Thursday. PTI AMS
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