Srinagar – Complete shutdown is being observed on Saturday against the killing of a leading Kashmiri religious scholar and the President of Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith, Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah.
He was martyred in a blast outside a mosque at Maisuma in Srinagar when he was on his was to offer Juma prayers.
Call for the shutdown has been given by the All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik.
Meanwhile, a large number of people including Hurriyet leaders went to the residence of Maulana Showkat Shat at Lal Bazar in Srinagar and expressed condolence with the bereaved family.
