Updated By: LatestGKGS Desk
Modi in J&K; internet suspended, schools closed
Prime minister is on a day-long visit to Leh, in Jammu & Kashmir
Prime minister Narendra Modi arrived in Leh town of the Ladakh region on Saturday beginning his day-long visit to Jammu & Kashmir amid heightened security as authorities suspended internet services and shut down schools and colleges for the day.
Modi was received at the Leh Airport by Governor N.N Vohra and chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.
The precaution was for separatists' protest march against prime ministers visit
As separatists called for a protest march to Srinagar's city centre Lal Chowk against Modi's visit, the authorities suspended mobile internet services across the Kashmir Valley as a precautionary measure.
Restrictions were also imposed in several areas in Srinagar. All schools and colleges were shut down for the day.
Separatists leaders, including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, have been placed under house arrest while Yasin Malik has been taken into preventive custody.
