Shutdown affects life across Kashmir Valley, Kulgam sealed off to foil JRL solidarity

Life in Srinagar and other places of the Valley was affected on Thursday by a separatist-called shutdown protesting against militant killing. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik called for the Valley-wide shutdown against the killings of two Kashmiri militants in the outskirts here. Sabzar Sofi, a PhD scholar who joined militancy in 2016, and his associate were killed in a gunfight in Nowgam on Wednesday. Shops, public transport and other businesses remained shut in the city and other district headquarters…

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