Kashmir shuts today against Pulwama civilian killing

ANI  |  Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] 

All the shops and business establishments on Tuesday have been closed in Valley, on a call by the separatists to protest against the killing of a civilian in district.

The complete shutdown was called by Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL).

Meanwhile, restrictions have been imposed in parts of and in south Kashmir, while have been suspended there.

More security forces have been deployed in south and the downtown area of to foil any attempts of a protest and maintain law and order.

On Monday, two terrorists were gunned down during an encounter with the security forces at Jammu and Kashmir's Drabgam in district. A civilian was also killed in the encounter.

The two terrorists were identified as and

The encounter broke out at 10 am after a cordon and (CASO) was launched by troops of the (CRPF) 182 Battalion and 183 Battalion, along with 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and (SOG),

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First Published: Tue, May 01 2018. 09:35 IST