Kashmir shutdown to protest deaths probe

A near total shutdown is being observed yesterday in Indian-administered Kashmir to protest a federal investigation into the death of two women.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has concluded that the two women were not raped or murdered in the town of Shopian.
The CBI told the high court in Srinagar that the women drowned in a canal.
The families of the women told the court that the CBI had hushed up the case to protect the guilty.
The CBI took over the case in the summer after state authorities admitted the women had been raped and murdered.
Tuesday's shutdown has been called by Majlis-e-Mushawarat , a people's forum in Shopian spearheading protests over the deaths.