Life was crippled in the Kashmir valley due to a day-long general strike called by the All-Party Kashmir Hurriyat Conference. The bandh was in protest against alleged atrocities by security forces personnel deployed in the region, while a special police officer and three militants were among six killed in the valley, since Friday evening.
A report from Baramulla informed of an encounter on Saturday at Tuker, ten km from Pattan, in which two militants and a jawan was killed. Bureau Report