By Mukhtar Ahmad, CNN
Srinagar, India (CNN) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on a two-day visit to Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday amid a complete shutdown and curfew-like restrictions in parts of the capital city.
A strike to protest the visit, called by Kashmiri hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, closed shops, businesses, educational institutions, government offices and banks.
The streets were deserted, with no public transport operating and only thin private traffic.
Srinagar's old city was placed under tight restrictions, with Indian police officers and paramilitary troopers strictly enforcing the rules, witnesses said.
Intersections in the area had been barricaded with coils of razor wire, allowing no pedestrian or vehicular movement.
