Prohibitory Orders Continue in Kashmir Valley
After lifting of curfew, prohibitory orders continue to remain in force in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Monday even though a strike call given separatists in protest against recent preventive detentions affected normal life in the valley, said media reports.
Shops and business establishments were closed and transport non-functional but there was o report of any untoward incident from any part of the valley, reports said.
The hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference headed by jailed leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani had given the strike call.
According to reports, more than 150 youth were taken into custody during the past fortnight for indulging in violence, including stone-pelting.
Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq is under house arrest since Saturday after he tried to lead a protest demonstration in the old city of Srinagar.
After the lifting of curfew in the Valley yesterday, prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC were clamped in parts of old city and other major towns in Kashmir as a precautionary measure.
Police and paramilitary troops were patrolling the streets to maintain order.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has convened an all-party meeting today to discuss the situation in Kashmir. PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti has decided against attending it.
(Based on internet reports)
