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| Middle aged man dies during stone pelting incident at Eidgah, toll reaches 53 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 26: One person died during a stone pelting incident in downtown Srinagar even as the authorities lifted curfew from the whole Kashmir valley except the South Kashmir district of Anantnag.
Reports said that 61 years old Mushtaq Ahmad sustained serious injuries while he was caught in the midst of stone pelting in the Eidgah area of downtown Srinagar. Mushtaq, a resident of Rajouri Kadal could not keep control of his Scooty while he was moving in the Eidgah area which was rocked by anti-government protests.
The middle aged man sustained serious injuries in his head and he was immediately shifted to Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura for treatment. However, Mushtaq could not recover and as such succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. A pall of gloom descended on the Rajouri Kadal area when his body reached the area.
With Mushtaq's death the toll in the Kashmir violence reached 53. Among the dead are 50 civilians and three police men. Around 90 percent deaths have taken place in South Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian.
The state government today lifted curfew from all the districts of Kashmir except the Anantnag district in South Kashmir. As soon as curfew was lifted protests broke out in many areas of Srinagar district and other districts of the valley. Protests were going on in some of the areas while this report was being filed. Around 20 persons sustained injuries during the clashes so far.
The separatist leadership of Kashmir faced an embarrassing situation as groups of agitating youth enforced shutdown during the day despite the fact that separatists had asked people to carry out normal activities from 2 PM to 6 PM. Due to the enforcement of shutdown the life continued to be affected across Kashmir valley with people feeling the heat.
Reports said that scores of youth took out processions in several Srinagar areas and registered their protest against the recent civilian killings in Kashmir. One of the procession passed through the Karan Nagar, Sarie Bala, Jehangir Chowk, Batmaloo and other localities and imposed the shutdown. The protesters asked the shopkeepers to down their shutters and stopped the private vehicles from moving ahead. After some time, police swung into action and chased away the youth.
In the Srinagar city protests broke out in the Safa Kadal, Kaka Sarie, Saida Kadal, Rainawari, Jehangir Chowk, Bohri Kadal and other areas. Forces swung into action to disperse the protesters who in return pelted stones on them at many places. Police fired tear smokes shells to disperse the agitated youth.
Reports said that at least 20 youth sustained injuries in the protests across the city. Nine youth sustained pellet injuries. Some of the agitated youth stopped ambulances and thrashed male doctors and asked females doctors to walk by foot. Protests have also been reported from some other areas of Kashmir valley.
A police spokesman said that the situation throughout the Kashmir valley remained peaceful and under control today. The spokesman said that curfew was lifted from all the towns/areas of entire valley this morning except Anantnag where it was lifted in afternoon. Shops opened at many places and traffic also plied. There were no reports of any untoward incident from anywhere in the valley although some stray stone pelting incidents were reported from a few places.
Kashmir valley has been on edge since the evening of July 8 when Hizbul Mujahideen Commander, Burhan Muzaffar Wani was killed along with his two associates in a brief encounter with police and security forces at Bemdoora-Kokernag in Anantnag district. So far 53 persons including two policemen have been killed in clashes at different places as people protested against the killing of Burhan.
Barring the post paid mobile phones of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) the mobile phones are not working in the Kashmir valley. Mobile internet services and the rail service continue to be suspended ever since the valley was rocked by protests. |
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