Restrictions imposed in Srinagar against separatists' dissent

Srinagar, Jun 23 Restrictions were today imposed in parts of the summer capital here to foil the dissent call by separatists against the killing of a civilian in alleged police firing in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

District Magistrate, Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Lone told the movement of people will be controlled in seven police stations namely, Khanyar, MR Gunj, Safakadal, Rainawari, Kralkhud, Nowhatta and Maisuma.

He said the curbs have been imposed as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.

The separatists have called for quiet challenges against the killing of Tawseef Ahmad during clashes with security forces at Kakapora in Pulwama yesterday.

The clashes emitted after an encounter in which three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed.

The separatists, chairmen of both groups of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq - and JKLF boss Mohammad Yasin Malik, in a joint statement, said it was unrealistic to require a strike in perspective of the 'Shab-e-Qadar' and 'Jumaat-ul-Wida', asking people to stage peaceful protests against the murdering.