Fearing large scale violence after Friday prayers, authorities clamped curfew in all the 10 districts of the Valley as the situation continued to be tense following the widespread protests over the death of Hizbul militant Burhan Wani.
So far, 36 persons, including 35 civilian protesters and a local policeman have reportedly died in clashes between security forces and unruly mobs those hit the roads.
For the last six days, mobile phone operations and internet connectivity had been suspended in South Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Shopian, Khugam and Pulwama to prevent the spread of passion-stoking rumours and posts on social media by anti-social elements.
Official sources, however, said, limited mobile phone connectivity will continue on phones of one service provider in the Valley.
This has been done because all state government officials have been provided mobile phones of a particular company and their operations is important to coordinate the law and order maintenance during the day.
Mobs on Thursday torched the house in Bamdora village where Wani was killed by security forces. Eight other houses in the village were also torched by the mobs.
Sporadic clashes continued at over a dozen places on Thursday when curfew defying stone-pelters engaged with security forces. No fresh incident of firing was reported from anywhere in the valley on Thursday.
All senior separatist leaders have been placed under prevented detention by police in Srinagar.
Additional paramilitary troops have been rushed by the centre to assess the state to come out of the ongoing cycle of violence that has deeply affected normal life in the state.
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