Police stand guard outside Maisuma during a strike called by separatists to protest proposed ‘composite townships’ for migrant Kashmiri Pandits. Mubashir Khan/GK

The authorities reimposed curfew in Srinagar city and most of district headquarters and towns of the Kashmir Valley to prevent protests and maintain law and order.

A police official told media that restrictions under sec 144 will remain in force in all sensitive areas. The authorities lifted curfew from all areas of Kashmir on Wednesday.