A complete shutdown was observed for the second consecutive day against the killing of a local militant in Baramulla town in Baramulla District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on July 18, reports Rising Kashmir. Eyewitnesses said that all shops and other business establishments remained closed in the town and its adjacent areas while public transport off the roads. The class work in educational institutions in Baramulla township, was suspended by the authorities as a precautionary measure while as internet services were restored early July 18 morning.
Earlier, South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) had reported, a militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit was killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in at Mir-Mohalla Gund-Brath in Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla District of J&K on July 17.