SRINAGAR: Life in Kashmir valley came to a standstill on Sunday due to a strike call given by separatists to remember Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat on his 23rd death anniversary.

Bhat was hanged in Delhi's Tihar jail on this day in 1984 for killing an intelligence officer.

The impact of the strike was felt more as government offices and educational institutions remained closed on account of Sunday.

However, shops and business establishments in Srinagar and other parts of the valley remained closed in response to the calls given by both factions of JKLF, rival factions of Hurriyat Conference, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, J and K Democratic Liberation Party and other separatist groups, officials said.

They said private and public transport system was off the roads on all routes including intra-city and inter-district routes.

At many places including Maisuma and Budshah bridge in the heart of the city, supporters of JKLF pelted stones on vehicles and asked the shopkeepers not to open their establishments, which ensured a complete bandh, the sources said.