Shopkeepers and passers-by in the main city centre of Srinagar accused the police of breaking locks and hauling them over through phone calls to open their shops on August 5, the day that marks the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. They said the forced measure was a follow-up to police warning to keep shops open and not to carry on strike over the last few days. The government in Kashmir seemed to be in no mood to allow anyone to spoil “celebrations” of doing away with the…
Read MoreKashmir Police force traders to end strike, open shops on 2nd anniversary of Article 370 Abrogation
