SRINAGAR: Indian-occupied Kashmir observed a complete shutdown on Thursday to mark the anniversary of hanging of prominent Kashmiri leader Maqbool Butt. The call for the strike was given by All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman Gilani Syed Ali Gilani and other Hurriyet leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik. Life remained paralysed across the Kashmir valley due to the shutdown and restrictions were imposed by the authorities in parts of Srinagar city to thwart protests. All shops and business establishments in the city and other major towns were closed, while traffic remained off the roads. The Indian forces imposed restrictions in Srinagar and deployed troops and police across the territory to prevent people from staging anti-India demonstrations. Muhammad Maqbool Butt was hanged in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on February 11, 1984 and was buried in the premises of the prison. Processions and rallies were taken out in all small and major towns of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to pay tribute to Maqbool Butt. A joint demonstration was staged in Mirpur coupled with a big procession taken out by various organisations, including Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Conference, Jammu Kashmir Plebiscite Front, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation, J&K Students Liberation Front and other groups. The procession converged into a mammoth rally at City Centre Hall. Addressing the rally, speakers paid rich tributes to Maqbool Butt for giving the supreme sacrifice of his life for the cause of the liberation of Jammu and Kashmir from the Indian yoke. Speakers called upon the international community to exert pressure on India to immediately hand over the mortal remains of Maqbool Butt to his family members for proper burial.