Shutdown is being observed for third consecutive day in Handwara and Langate area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district over the killing of a local militant on Tuesday.
All shops and other business establishments are closed in the area. However, traffic plied on the roads.
Two militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba were killed in a gunfight at Galoora area of Handwara on Tuesday.
One of the slain, Furkan Ahmad (18) was a resident of Langate area of the frontier district.
Thousands of people participated in his last rites.
Another slain militant, Liyaqat Ahmad Lone, was a resident of Sopore area of Baramulla district.
