SRINAGAR: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for a shutdown tomorrow over the killing of scholar-turned-militant Manan Wani in a gunfight with the government forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara tomorrow.
“Alas! heard the tragic news of #MananWani’s Martyrdom and of his associates! Deeply pained that we lost a budding intellectual and writer like him, fighting for the of the cause of self-determination.JRL appeals to people to observe a complete #Shutdown tomorrow to pay homage to him,” tweeted Mirwaiz.
Wani was among two militants killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Shatgund village of frontier district of Kupwara on Thursday.