Monday's strike was called by hard-line separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

Fearing anti-India demonstrations, authorities moved in heavy police and paramilitary, central reserve police force (CRPF) reinforcements into the old city areas to enforce curfew-like-restrictions.

Though the authorities denied there were restrictions on pedestrian and vehicular movement, residents say that they were not allowed to move out of their homes since morning.

Security forces also maintained their increased presence in the other parts of the capital city and major Valley towns to take care of any violence.

Shops, businesses, government offices are shut in capital city and other parts of Kashmir with public transport also remaining off the roads.

Geelani led hard-line separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) which had called for Monday's protest shutdown said that "during the Sopore siege security forces razed scores of houses and inflicted innumerable atrocities on civilians."

Several houses were damaged in the four-day long standoff between holed up militants and Indian security forces that left four soldiers including an officer and two militants dead.

Kashmir bar association which had deputed its team to the area said “the destruction of property by troopers is deliberate and intentional.”

The association president, Mian Abdul Quyoom said 25 families comprising 145 persons have been affected in the Chinkipora area.