Srinagar shuts down, mobile internet blocked
11 June, 2022 | Riya Girdhar
The majority of Srinagar's stores and businesses were closed, but public transportation was still running.
On Friday, a lockdown was imposed in Srinagar over two now-suspended BJP politicians’ inflammatory remarks about Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), and mobile internet connections were suspended after a curfew was established in Jammu’s Bhaderwah town the day before owing to ethnic unrest.
The majority of Srinagar’s stores and businesses were closed, but public transportation was still running.
On Thursday, trouble occurred in Bhaderwah after someone uploaded ostensibly official announcements from a local mosque, causing friction between the two populations.
The people who made the incendiary remarks have been charged by the police.
Omar Abdullah, the former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, and Union Minister Jatindra Singh have both urged for peace.