Life returned to normal in most Muslim majority regions of India-controlled Kashmir Friday as separatists ended a three-day shutdown against the killing of four people in police firing.

Schools, offices, banks and business establishments reopened and traffic returned to roads after three days of complete shutdown.

However, Baramulla town, 52 kilometers northwest of Srinagar, the region's summer capital, is still under curfew to prevent further demonstrations.

"The restrictions in the district are in place in the wake of Friday. We don't want further confrontation with the people," said a police official posted in Baramulla town.

Meanwhile, Pulwama is observing a shutdown on Friday for the fourth consecutive day. The protests in town triggered after a police vehicle knocked down two civilians.

Protests broke out in the region, following police firing on civilians in Baramulla in which four people were killed and more than 20 others injured.

The local government has ordered the withdrawal of paramilitary troopers from the town following the incident.

The unrest in the region began on May 30 after two women aged 17 and 23 years old were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Shopian town, 50 kilometers south of Srinagar.

Initially police maintained that the two women died of drowning, but forensic experts confirmed that the duo was first raped and then murdered.

Locals suspect the involvement of Indian troopers in the incident.

Shopian town has been observing a continuous shutdown since then and Friday the shutdown entered into the 35th day. Authorities are yet to make any breakthrough in the case.

Source: Xinhua