Srinagar: Normal life in Jammu and Kashmir summer capital and other major towns of the valley was partially affected due to a shutdown called by separatists on Saturday.
Shops and other businesses and educational institutions were closed, but both public and private transport moved on several roads despite the shutdown.

Government offices, banks and post offices also functioned normally.

Additional deployments of police and Central Reserve Police Force ( CRPF) personnel has been made as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.

Police said no untoward incident has been reported from anywhere in the city or elsewhere so far.

Reports from other major towns also said life was partially affected because of the shutdown.

Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani called for the protest shutdown against the Kishtwar communal riots and to press his demand for disbanding the village defence committees (VDCs) in Jammu region.