Srinagar, August 23: One more person succumbed to his injuries in Srinagar on Monday.
The death toll in the unrest that began June 11 has risen to 63 with the death of a person who was injured in firing by security forces in Kashmir Valley.
Restrictions and curfew continued in several towns of the valley. The streets are deserted and most businesses and educational establishments remain shut.
Bilal Ahmad Sheikh, 22, was shot on August 14 in Singhpora village near Pattan town of Baramulla district of Srinagar, during clashes between the security forces and stone pelting mobs.
He had been immediately admitted at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura (SKIMS) in Srinagar, after suffering the bullet wound.
“He succumbed to injuries in the hospital on Monday morning,” a police officer said.
“Curfew shall continue in nine police station areas of Srinagar city as a precautionary measure. It shall also remain in place in Sopore, Bijbehara and Pulwama towns,” police said.
Besides curfew, authorities are continuing restrictions in north Kashmir’s Trehgam, south Kashmir’s Anantnag and some other towns in the Valley.
Due to curfew and shutdown called by separatists, Shops, educational institutions, public transport, banks, post offices and other business remained shut in most parts of Srinagar.
Some marginal private transport, however, plied on the uptown roads in Srinagar.
As part of the group’s Quit Kashmir campaign, the Hurriyat Conference headed by Syed Ali Geelani has called for a protest shutdown on Monday.
—Agencies