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Shutdown in Anantnag, Jamia Masjid area

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 7/16/2017 9:07:25 AM

SRINAGAR, July 15: A shutdown was observed in Anantnag district today against the alleged ransacking of Hanfia Jamia Masjid and arrests of over a dozen youth.
The Auqaf Committee Jamia Masjid headed by Mirwaiz south Kashmir, Qazi Ahmad Yasir had called for shutdown in Anantnag against the alleged ransacking of Jamia Masjid and arrest of 14 youth during the clashes yesterday.
Shops and other business establishments remained closed in the town.
A shutdown was also observed in Jamia Masjid area here and its adjoining areas on the fourth day of the killing of a local militant in an encounter at Budgam recently. Shops and other business establishments remain closed. Transport services were also affected.
Police and paramilitary forces were deployed in strength as a precautionary measure.