Uneasy calm in Kashmir on second anniversary of losing autonomy
Al Jazeera
Troops patrol streets in Srinagar while most shops remain shut to mark disputed region’s loss of special status in 2019.
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – A spontaneous shutdown is being observed in Indian-administered Kashmir to protest against New Delhi scrapping the region’s special status on this day two years ago. Businesses in the main city of Srinagar, however, on Thursday said Indian security forces broke the locks of some of their establishments, asking them to remain open in order to “project normalcy” in the restive region, as troops patrolled its streets. A trade union leader in Srinagar, home to 1.4 million people, told Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity that some of its members were called by the police on Wednesday and told not to observe any shutdown on the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370.
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