new delhi the capital was both angry and sad on friday even as it came together to share the grief of the amarnath pilgrims and to condemn the killings by militants the bandh in the city was by and large successful shops downed their shutters in many places entire markets closed down and traders kept away from their regular businesses expressing anguish over the killings at pahalgam a few schools also remained closed organisations and individuals irrespective of their allegiance and religious inclinations minced no words in condemning the barbaric act of the militants the main markets of chandni chowk khari baoli naya bazaar sadar subzi mandi kamla nagar karol bagh azmal khan road naraina mayapuri daryaganj narela and mehrauli remained closed condolence meetings were held in some parts of the city lawyers at tis hazari patiala house and high court abstained from work to express their anger at the killings they urged the government to take immediate steps to improve security arrangements at amarnath many organisations blamed pakistan for the amarnath carnage but it wasnt just political organisations and traders every delhiite whether he observed the bandh or not felt strongly against the gruesome killings and the desperation of the militants who targetted innocent pilgrims