Separatists called protest shutdown paralysed life for 103rd consecutive day in Kashmir Valley, however, authorities on Wednesday did not impose any curfew or restrictions anywhere.
“No curfew or restrictions have been imposed anywhere today (Wednesday),” a senior police official said here.
“Adequate deployment of forces have been made to maintain law and order across the valley.”
Main markets, public transport and other businesses remain closed in the valley for 103rd consecutive day.
The unprecedented 103-day-long closure of educational institutions has hit hard the students who have not been able to attend classes in schools, colleges and universities in the last more than three months.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and her cabinet colleague and Education Minister Naeem Akhtar have said that exams for class 10th and 12th will be held in November.
The Chief Minister, however, said the state board of school education has been asked to work out “relaxation” for students while setting question papers.
She has asked the board to ensure the examinees are asked to reply questions pertaining only to that part of the syllabus which has been taught in the schools till the end of June this year.
Students have been protesting against holding of exams in November and want them to be postponed till March next year.
Over 90 people, majority of them youths, have been killed and over 12,000 injured in the ongoing unrest in Kashmir since July 9, a day after the killing of top militant Burhan Wani in a clash with security forces.
A journalist from north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday said he was ruthlessly beaten by paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Srinagar.
“So severe was the beating that my left leg was fractured,” Parray said that he was heading towards Press Enclave Srinagar today morning to collect newspapers when CRPF men deployed on the opposite side of Fire Station Batmaloo stopped him at around 4:45 am.
“They made a lame excuse to beat me up. One of the troopers asked me why I didn’t stop my car,” said Parray. “But they never asked me to stop.”
“They hurled abuses, slapped me mercilessly before dragging me out of the car and used bamboo sticks to beat me up.”
Parray said his father begged them to stop the beating. “They ignored his pleas and kept beating me. When they stopped, a trooper said ‘this is enough for today’,” said Parray.
Following the attack, Parray said that he went to Batmaloo and Shaheed Gunj police stations to register his complaint against the CRPF. “…but police officials there told me to go back home.”
Despite repeated attempts, police and CRPF officials couldn’t be reached for a comment.
