Normal life was paralysed across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday due to a strike called by a local outfit to protest the CBI report in the Shopian case even as authorities placed top Hurriyat leaders under house arrest as a precautionary measure. Shops and markets in Srinagar and other major towns of the valley remained closed in response to the strike called to protest alleged shielding of guilty and presenting of chargesheet against innocents in the case.<br/><br/>Giving a clean chit to four police officials in the case, CBI had on Monday said two women, who were alleged to have been sexually assaulted and murdered, had actually died due to drowning. The CBI indicted 13 people including six doctors, five lawyers and two civilians for allegedly fabricating evidence. Light rains in most parts of the valley including Srinagar also forced people to stay indoors.<br/><br/>Police sources said the situation in the city and elsewhere was tense but there was no report of any untoward incident so far. Contingents of police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in sensitive areas to maintain law and order.<br/><br/>