Srinagar March 6 (IANS) Normalcy appeared to be returning to the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday even as clashes erupted between security forces and protesters in Jammu and Kashmir s Shopian district amid a crippling shutdown there.
Youths clashed in Shopian town with security forces who used tear smoke shells to disperse the protesters.
A large number of people gathered at the house of a militant killed in a gunfight with the security forces along with five other persons in Pahnoo village on Sunday.
The protesters were agitated over the killing of two militants and four civilians in Sunday s gunfight.
Authorities have suspended Internet services in south Kashmir areas to prevent the spread of rumours.
Elsewhere in the Kashmir Valley life limped back to normal after Monday s protest shutdown.
Shops and businesses opened while public transport was normal in Srinagar and other places. But educational institutions have been closed till Thursday as a precaution.
--IANS
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