KL News Network
Srinagar
Ahead of mandatory Friday prayers, valley is witnessing less movement of people and traffic, supposedly due to apprehension of law and order problems after the congregational prayers.
While Kashmir is gradually returning to normalcy, people in city and other major towns preferred to stay indoors on Friday.
Shops, fuel stations and other business establishments are shut in most areas while public transport in the Valley was also off the roads. “A thin movement of traffic was witnessed in civil lines areas.”
All roads leading to Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid were blocked with concertina wires indicating mandatory Friday prayers won’t be allowed for the consecutive 19th Friday.
The Jamia Masjid Srinagar has been sealed since the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani on 8th July 2016.
While the resistance leadership and people across religious and political divide have repeatedly asked the government to allow the mandatory prayers in the Srinagar’s largest and historic Masjid, government today deployed forces in strength across the length and breadth of Jamia Masjid.
Pertinently, Centre for Peace and Protection of Human Rights had submitted a petition before State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) seeking intervention of the Commission for allowing people to offer Friday prayers in Jamia Masjid Srinagar and Jamia Masjid Shopian.
