CRPF workers stand guard at a deserted street in Srinagar on August 3,2020 Restrictions were enforced in the Kashmir Valley for 2 days due to the very first anniversary of cancellation of Jammu and Kashmir’s unique status.
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The administration fears protests on first anniversary of elimination of J&K’s special status
The Srinagar administration on Monday declared a curfew for August 4 and 5, the first anniversary of removal of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, as it “feared protests and violence.”
” A series of inputs have been received recommending that separatist and Pakistan-sponsored groups are preparing to observe August 5 as a ‘Black Day’, therein apprehensions of demonstrations are not eliminated. There are specific inputs about violent protests threatening public life and residential or commercial property,” checks out an order issued by the District Magistrate, Srinagar.
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