Injured man dies, mounting death toll rises to 110 in Occupied kashmir
SRINAGAR: A 55-year-old man, beaten up by by Indian police personnel in Pampore security forces October 7, succumbed to his injuries here in a hospital, taking the death toll in the over four-month-long unrest in occupied Kashmir to 110. “Ghulam Nabi Mir succumbed to a critical head injury in the hospital early Friday. He had been admitted for treatment October 7,” said a doctor at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura (SKIMS).
Relatives of the deceased alleged he had been beaten up by the security forces in Kadalbal area of south Kashmir’s Pampore town Oct 7. An FIR under section 307 (attempt to murder) had been lodged in the Pampore police station Oct 9, police said. Mir’s body was handed over to his relatives for burial.
In order to prevent violence as the separatists have called for post Friday prayer protests as part of their ‘Quit Kashmir’ campaign, authorities imposed curfew in Old City areas of Srinagar and some other places in south and north Kashmir.
The father of four children, Ghulam Nabi Mir, who was severely beaten by men in uniform on October 7 at Kadalabal in Pampore, succumbed to his injuries at Soura Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar.
Hundreds of people including APHC leader, Yasmeen Raja, took to the streets in the area to protest the killing. They shouted anti-India and pro-liberation slogans.
On the other hand, scores of women staged a protest in Kangan town against the arrest of youth identified as Sheikh Ishfaq Ahamd, Showkat Ahmad Malik and Firdous Ahmad detained during the past few days by Indian police during house raids.
Indian army has pressed into service gunship helicopters in Yemberzalt area of Baramulla district in search operations, which continue for the sixth consecutive day. The helicopters fired mortar shells on regular intervals triggering panic in the area. “We heard the loud explosions on regular intervals. For a moment we thought as if war has broken out,” Javed Ahmad, a resident told media men over phone.
Meanwhile, the occupation authorities have imposed strict restrictions in Srinagar and other cities and towns of the occupied territory to prevent people from holding anti-India demonstrations. “The decision to impose restrictions was taken at a high level meeting late Thursday night,” said a police officer.
Pertinently, veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Geelani, as part of Quit Kashmir Movement, has urged people to stage protest demonstrations to highlight the issue of mass and unmarked graves discovered in the territory.-SANA
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