CRPF Coy Cmdr among 28 injured;Kashmir stands still as restrictions continued

 STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Normal life remained paralysed in Kashmir for the 24th consecutive day on Monday as curfew continued in some parts while restrictions were in effect in rest of the Valley to maintain law and order.
Curfew remained in force in five police station areas of the city and Anantnag town. Restrictions on assembly of four or more persons continued in entire Kashmir, a police official said.
“Curfew is in place only in five police station areas of Srinagar city — Nowhatta, Khanyar, Rainawari, Safakadal and Maharajgunj,” he said.
According to a police handout, the situation throughout Kashmir remained ‘under control’ although 15 incidents of stone pelting were reported across the Valley. These incidents were reported from Ganderbal, Kulgam, Anantnag, Shopian, Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora.
During law and order situations, three persons, 25 police and security force personnel including a CRPF Coy Commander were injured. The CRPF Coy Commander suffered serious injury in his face.
As a precautionary measure curfew restrictions were put in place in police stations of North zone Srinagar and Anantnag town.
Normal life remained disrupted for the 24th consecutive day due to the strike call given by separatists against civilian deaths during the protests which erupted after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces on July 8.
Shops, schools, colleges, business establishments and private offices remained closed while public transport remained off the roads in the Valley which is reeling under the violence that has left 49 persons dead and over 5,600 persons injured.
According to a Srinagar based news agency, scores of doctors and para-medical staff at SKIMS JVC Bemina took out a protest march from the hospital premises and raised pro-freedom slogans.
Meanwhile, Syed Ali Geelani on Monday came out of his residence at Hyderpora and started painting walls with anti-India slogans.
Geelani, who is under continuous house detention, was accompanied by a few of his supporters and some locals of the area.
Notably, the separatists on July 30 issued a new protest calendar asking people, particularly youths, to express their sentiments by writing slogans on roads, Walls, Shop Shutters etc.
The separatist camp has extended the shutdown call in Kashmir till August 5, calling for a march to Hazratbal shrine on Friday.