SRINAGAR : Life remained crippled in south Kashmir’s Shopian as business and other activities remained shut though authorities lifted curfew after 11 days yesterday.
The residents are demanding shifting of CRPF camp from Gagran area, where four people were killed in the firing on September 7, forcing authorities to impose curfew next morning following massive protests.
However, authorities lifted the curfew for some hours but it was reimposed later on September 11 after a school bus driver was killed in security force firing on demonstrators at Gagran.
Shops and business establishments remained closed and traffic was off the roads even after curfew restrictions were lifted yesterday morning following improvement in the situation.
Transport was also off the roads and work in government offices, banks and educational institutions remained affected.
People could be seen receiving ration from the depots of Consmer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD) yesterday.
Meanwhile, the authorities have shifted the examination centre from Degree college, Shopian, to higher secondary school for university examinations.
The residents are demanding total shifting of CRPF camp from Gagran and action against the security force personnel involved in these killings.
The government has appointed District Magistrate (DM), Shopian, Bashir Ahmad Bhat to conduct the inquiry into these killings.
Statements of a number of witnesses were recorded by Mr Bhat who has extended the date of recording statements.
However, police claimed that one of the four people killed in the firing on September 7 was a Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Abdullah Haroon.
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