Six persons were martyred and 15 others were injured in clashes between stone-pelting protesters and security officers in Magam area of Kashmir’s Budgam district and Srinagar on Tuesday. Over 79 people have been killed in the ongoing unrest in the Valley in over a month.
The clashes began after a group of youth pelted stones at a CRPF vehicle in Magam on Tuesday morning. In retaliatory action, the security officers opened fire in which four people were killed.
A 10th class student, Muhammad Yasir Sheikh, was killed after Indian police directly fired upon demonstrators in Batamaloo area of Srinagar.
Curfew remained in force on Tuesday for the 39th consecutive day in entire Srinagar district and Anantnag town while restrictions were in place in the rest of the Valley.
Police said curfew and restrictions were imposed to thwart the plans of separatists to organise sit-in protest against the civilian killings at main market places of the Valley.
Schools, colleges and private offices remained closed while public transport remained off the roads due to the strike called by the separatists. The attendance in government offices was thin. Internet and mobile services across the Valley remained suspended.
The intifada was triggered by the extra-judicial killing of the top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Burhan Wani, on July 8, this year.
Besides killing of 79 people, over 8,000 people have been injured so far due to the firing of pellets, bullets and teargas shells by Indian troops and police personnel on peaceful protesters across the Kashmir Valley.
Almost all Hurriyet leaders including the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi, Bilal Siddiqui, Zafar Akbar Butt and Muhammad Rafiq Ganai have been put under house arrest or behind the bars to prevent them from leading the demonstrations.
