Srinagar: Fearing wide spread protests on the death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen militant commander Burhan Wani, the Jammu and Kashmir police has ordered blocking of all social media websites on lease line in the Valley.
Burhan Wani was killed in a gunfight in Kokarnag area of Anantnag district on July 8, 2016.
Ever soince the Hizbul militant was eliminated, the Valley has witnessed summer of discontent and months of violence that left nearly a hundred people dead.
In an alarming situation for the security forces, many posters reading messages ‘Go India Go Back’ and ‘We want freedom’ have been put across the Valley.
The authorities have shut down the Internet services from Thursday night (10 pm).
Cenre is keeping a close eye on the Kashmir situation and has rushed 21,000 more troops to the Valley to contain the situation.
The J&K Police is taking all preventive measures for maintaining law and order across the Valley as it gears up for the first death anniversary of slain Hizbul Mujahideen militant this weekend, a senior official said.
“Keeping in view the call of separatists and UJC (United Jehad Council), all the preventive measures that are to be taken in all districts have started in terms of the preventive arrests of the miscreants or to ensure that no unlawful assembly takes place,” Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Munir Ahmad Khan told reporters here.
Bureau Report
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