Security men patrol Srinagar city amid tight restrictions on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Yawar Kabli

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, July 9

Life in Kashmir returned to normal after two days of restrictions and shutdown over the first death anniversary of militant commander Burhan Wani. The mobile Internet services and the broadband were also restored in the region today as the overall situation showed signs of improvement.Wani was killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on 8 July last year, and to mark his first anniversary, the region’s separatists had issued a weeklong protest calendar.Whereas the region witnessed a complete shutdown on Saturday coupled with security clampdown in major towns of the Valley on Burhan’s death anniversary, there were no restrictions today even as normal traffic on the city roads and inter-district highways resumed today. Being a Sunday, a majority of the markets and business centres, however, were closed in the summer capital. In the past two days, the police and paramilitary forces had virtually taken over all streets to stall rallies and protests planned to mark the slain militant’s first anniversary. Kashmir was virtually under siege with everyone confined to their homes and neighbhourhoods, as people feared a replay of last year, when Burhan’s killing led to the killing of over two dozen people in a single day.The authorities today also restored the mobile and broadband Internet services across Kashmir, two days after these facilities were suspended. However, only 2G services were working on mobile networks, as officials indicated that high-seed mobile Internet would be resumed after a review of the overall situation. The rail services between Banihal and Baramulla also resumed today.CRPF man injured in  attackA CRPF man was injured in a militant attack in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district late Saturday. Militants fired a grenade from a UBGL (under barrel grenade launcher) at a newly established joint camp of the CRPF and police around 11 pm at Aribal, Tral, injuring a CRPF man. TNS

Pak shells Poonch villages

Jammu: The Pakistan army today targeted villages and forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district by resorting to heavy mortar shelling and firing automatic weapons in yet another ceasefire violation. However, there has been no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing. PTI