Kashmir Shuts Down To Mark Afzal Guru’s Hanging Anniversary

Malik Sumeed

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Government imposed restrictions and a separatist-sponsored shutdown marked the third death anniversary of Afzal Guru of Parliament attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru.



Shops and other business establishments in the Capital Srinagar remained shut today in response to the call, while public transport remained off the roads in most of the areas in Srinagar.

Guru was hanged and buried inside New Delhi’s Tihar jail on this day in 2013 after Supreme Court called for his hanging “to satisfy collective conscience of nation” over the attack on the Parliament.