SRINAGAR: A separatist-called shutdown on Saturday in the Kashmir Valley to mark the sixth death anniversary of Afzal Guru has paralysed life across the region.
Afzal Guru was executed in Delhi’s Tihar Jail on this day in 2013.
While calling for the shutdown, the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, has reiterated their demand for handing over Afzal Guru’s mortal remains to the family.
After the execution, Afzal Guru’s body was buried within the precincts of the jail. He is survived by his wife, Tabassum and 18-year old son, Ghalib, who live in Tarzoo village near north Kashmir’s Sopore town.
Authorities placed Mirwaiz Umer Farooq under house arrest on Friday at his residence on the outskirts of Srinagar.
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq✔@MirwaizKashmir
#Kashmir today remembers and pays rich tributes to #ShaheedAfzalGuru on his 6th martyrdom anniversary. Hanged and buried in secrecy in #TiharJail against all norms of justice and humanity to “satisfy the collective conscience of a state”!1,76310:53 AM – Feb 9,
#Kashmir today remembers and pays rich tributes to #ShaheedAfzalGuru on his 6th martyrdom anniversary. Hanged and buried in secrecy in #TiharJail against all norms of justice and humanity to “satisfy the collective conscience of a state”!1,76310:53 AM – Feb 9,
Markets, public transportations and other business establishments remained closed in Srinagar and other major cities and towns of the valley.
Authorities made heavy deployments of police and paramilitary forces at law and order sensitive places in Srinagar, Sopore, Baramulla.
A condolence meet was held at the residence of Guru in Jageer Ghat village in which several pro-freedom leaders also participated.
