Defying the separatists’ bandh call, nearly 800 Kashmiri youths on Sunday appeared in the Army’s common entrance exam in the Valley, which has been hit by fresh protests following the killing of Hizbul terrorist Sabzar Bhat.
Curfew-like restrictions were imposed in many parts of the Valley to maintain law and order in the wake of violence sparked by Bhat’s killing and the two-day shutdown called by separatist conglomerate the Hurriyat Conference. An Army official said 799 candidates appeared today in the common entrance examination for selection of junior commissioned officers and other ranks held at Pattan and Srinagar.