Srinagar: The authorities on Sunday clamped curfew and imposed restrictions in the Kashmir Valley to maintain law and order and prevent violence, an official said.
Though the authorities said curfew would be imposed only in seven police station areas of Nowhatta, Rainawari, Khanyar, MR Gunj, Safa Kadal, Kralkhud and Maisuma in Srinagar on Sunday, the city was virtually sealed in the morning to prevent all kinds of vehicular movement.
Heavy deployment of security forces was made in the old city areas of Srinagar to prevent violence.
One protester was killed when protesters tried to breach the cordon of security forces in Saimoh village on Saturday where Hizbul terrorist Sabzar Ahmed Bhat and his accomplice were trapped. In clashes at other place, 40 people including 28 protesters and 12 security men were injured.
Slain Hizbul terrorist Bhat was buried on late Saturday evening in his ancestral graveyard in a village in Tral tehsil.
The authorities have suspended internet services on mobile phones on Saturday in addition to suspension of outgoing call facility on prepaid mobile phones.
On Sunday morning, call facility, incoming and outgoing, have been suspended on all mobile phones whether post paid and prepaid. Only postpaid BSNL mobile phones are working at the moment.
Train services between Baramulla and Bannihal towns have been suspended.
Civil service (judicial) exam scheduled on Sunday has been cancelled.