Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday flew 326 tourists out of Srinagar after the state administration's advisory to pilgrims and visitors to cut short their stay and leave Kashmir Valley at the earliest, officials stated. IAF carried out two sorties from Srinagar during the day, they said.

There were 11,301 tourists when the advisory was issued out of which only 1,652 of them remained on Saturday. Police asked all hotels in Srinagar not to check in any fresh guests and ensure that the hotels are empty by Sunday morning. Tourists having an air ticket of a later date have been asked to approach the airport on Sunday morning for rescheduling their departure.