Miscreants on Thursday torched a school, a truck and an auto-rickshaw in separate incidents in the Kashmir Valley, even as the shutdown backed by separatists entered the 111th day. The incidents of arson coincide the government move to hold high school and higher secondary level examinations in November. At least 13 vehicles were set on fire by protesters and miscreants in the Valley in the past three months, apparently to enforce the separatists’ shutdown call. Shutdown affects lifeSeparatists have called for a strict shutdown on Thursday to mark the landing of the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir on this day in 1947. “October 27 is a black day as it is on this day in 1947 that the Indian armed forces landed in Kashmir.

Source: The Hindu October 27, 2016 09:03 UTC