Police put in place stringent restrictions on movement of people in Old Srinagar on Friday, even as protests were held in several uptown areas of the city, against the killing of Zahid Rasool Bhat of Batengoo village of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district by fanatics in Udhampur on October 9. The call for protests was given by Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani. Though the Srinagar district administration had announced that areas falling under five police stations of old Srinagar shall remain under restrictions, curbs were put in place in…
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