Bandipora, Oct. 14 -- Markets in Dawar, the main town of Gurez in north Kashmir's Bandipora district, remained shut on Wednesday as residents staged a protest over the death of a pregnant woman and her baby, alleging a delay in shifting her to a hospital in Bandipora.

The protesters raised slogans against the local administration, particularly Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Gurez, alleging that restrictions on movement delayed the woman's transfer despite her critical condition.

As per the news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO), residents blocked roads, shut shops and staged a sit-in in Dawar to protest the deaths.

The deceased, Haseen Bagem, wife of Showket Hameed Lone, was a resident of Mazgund village in Tulail. She was shifted to...