Srinagar, August 13: A youth on Friday was killed and two others were injured in fresh violence in Kashmir, when police fired at the stone-pelting mob in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The incident occurred in Trehgam when the protestors took out a procession at Kralpora-Trehgam,150 kms from Srinagar. The police first asked them to disperse but they denied.
They started pelting stones at the security forces, consequently, police had to fire at the furious mob in which a youth Muddasar Ahmed and two others were injured.
All three of them were rushed to a hospital, where Ahmed succumbed to his wounds.
The other two youths are being treated in the hospital.
In view of the incident, curfew has been imposed in the town to maintain law and order.
The curfew on Thursday was lifted from the Kashmir valley in view of the beginning of the holy month of Ramzan.
The situation remained peaceful throughout the day on Thursday
On August 10, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had sought to calm tensions in the Valley by urging Kashmiris “to give peace a chance”. He held out the possibility of greater autonomy and vowed to address rampant unemployment.
The Valley was rocked by violence following the death of a teenager on June 11 after allegedly being hit by a teargas shell at Gani stadium near Rajouri Kadal. After that street protests continued in the Valley which has claimed 53 lives till now.
—Agencies