Indian troops here on Thursday sealed off residential areas with razor wire and barricades, imposing what amounted to an undeclared curfew to thwart an anti-India rally, police and witnesses said. Thousands of police and soldiers in riot gear patrolled deserted streets in held Srinagar and warned residents to stay indoors.
All Parties Hurriyat Conference had planned a huge anti-India rally in the 500-year-old Jamia Masjid on Thursday in honour of "martyrs".