While forces have been put on alert across the Valley, the state has decided to impose restrictions in parts of Srinagar on Tuesday on the death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
Separatist groups have called for a shutdown on Tuesday on the third anniversary of Guru’s hanging. They have called for a shutdown on Thursday on the death anniversary of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) founder Maqbool Bhat, who was hanged on February 11, 1984.
A senior official said the authorities had decided to impose restrictions for maintaining law and order. “Restrictions will be imposed in parts of the old city, including Maisuma, on Tuesday,” said Srinagar Deputy Commissioner Farooq Lone.
DGPK Rajendra Kumar reviewed security during a high-level meeting in Srinagar. All CRPF establishments and units were put on high alert in view of the strike.
“The CRPF deployed in the city and its downtown in particular have been asked to keep a close watch on various developments and maintain active coordination with the police to counter any propaganda or provocation by separatists,” said a CRPF spokesman.
He said DIG Operations Sanjeev Dhundia reviewed the security situation in the downtown and asked officers and men to remain vigilant. “A few weeks back, a grenade targeting CRPF men was thrown amid stone pelting in the Saraf Kadal area, but luckily, the grenade did not explode. The CRPF is effectively dealing with various law and order problems, protests and stone pelting without the use of any lethal force,” he said.
He added that CRPF Inspector General Atul Karwal had directed the men to take effective measures in coordination with the police to tackle any sort of protests or stone pelting with the minimum use of force.
Restrictions imposed in parts of Srinagar
