In occupied Kashmir, the authorities imposed curfew and other restrictions in occupied Srinagar on Sunday, to prevent people from taking out Ashura processions. According to Kashmir Media Service, the authorities had deployed hundreds of Indian police and Central Reserve Police Force personnel, wearing riot-gear and brandishing guns and bamboo sticks, in major and small lanes and by-lanes of occupied Srinagar.
The armoured vehicles had been parked at major junctions, while barbed wires had been laid on the roads and city entry points to stop the movement of people.
Ashura marks the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussein (RA), the grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW), in Karbala.
The people of the city used to take out processions from Abi Guzar and Guru Bazaar areas, which culminated at Dalgate to mark the eighth day of Muharram. However, in 1990, the Muharram processions were banned by the authorities.