11.   Three people were escorted from the bank, two initially and then a third after authorities dropped a large bag at the door.

12.   Earlier Saturday, security forces who had been simply redirecting traffic and waving people away from the barricaded zone started escorting people out of the area.

13.   Journalists including an AFP correspondent and Western television crews saw BSF guards or pro-India militants escorting people to voting centres in Srinagar and Badgam.

14.   Peacekeepers also escorted the people crossing.