{"id":308389,"date":"2019-01-21T11:57:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T11:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=308389"},"modified":"2019-01-21T11:57:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T11:57:58","slug":"shutdown-in-srinagar-parts-on-gaw-kadal-massacre-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/shutdown-in-srinagar-parts-on-gaw-kadal-massacre-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown in Srinagar parts on Gaw Kadal massacre anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-301169 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/kshut-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/kshut-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/kshut-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/kshut-1024x833.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/kshut-696x566.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/kshut-516x420.jpg 516w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/kshut.jpg 1031w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Srinagar: A complete shutdown was\u00a0 observed on Monday in Srinagar&#8217;s Lal Chowk and its adjoining areas to mark the 29th anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre in which around 53 civilians were killed after paramilitary\u00a0 forces opened fire on demonstrators near a bridge at Gaw Kadal, a Srinagar locality.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The call for the hartal was issued by the top Hurriyat leaders comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">All shops and other business establishments in these areas remained closed. However, public transport plied normally.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Authorities arrested Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) supremo Yasin Malik\u00a0 to prevent him from leading protests on the occasion.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Another top Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemned the\u00a0 arrest of\u00a0 Malik.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Impunity, killing over 53 people on spot and injuring more than 250 ! Strongly denounce arrest of Yasin sb, Hilal war and other activists for protesting this massacre,&#8221;\u00a0 Mirwaiz tweeted adding that the massacre was\u00a0 &#8220;another painful reminder of the huge human cost we pay living under forcible control&#8221;.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: A complete shutdown was\u00a0 observed on Monday in Srinagar&#8217;s Lal Chowk and its adjoining areas to mark the 29th anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre in which around 53 civilians were killed after paramilitary\u00a0 forces opened fire on demonstrators near a bridge at Gaw Kadal, a Srinagar locality. The call for the hartal was issued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":301169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2016,2009,2014],"tags":[1141],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308390,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308389\/revisions\/308390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/301169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}