SRINAGAR, 03 Septermber 2021, (TON): Internet connections, mobile networks also cut since Wednesday. A police official said “Authorities in Indian Kashmir imposed curbs on the movement of people and communications until Friday, to prevent people from gathering in the streets following the death of a veteran secessionist leader.”

Syed Ali Shah Geelani was laid to rest in Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar in the early hours of Thursday, with the disputed Himalayan region blanketed with troops to prevent large-scale protests.

Geelani, 92, was buried in a graveyard near his home before dawn at the insistence of security forces and against the wishes of his family, his son Syed Naseem Geelani told media. He died on Wednesday.

Kashmir's police chief, Vijay Kumar, denied the allegation and said authorities facilitated the burial to prevent any violence.

Around Geelani's home and elsewhere in Srinagar, armed troops lined main roads and manned checkpoints.

Internet connections and mobile networks in the Kashmir valley were also cut since late on Wednesday.