SRINAGAR: A youth injured during clashes on Friday succumbed at a hospital here on Monday, taking the death toll to 55 in Kashmir where curfew continued in many areas in the wake of violent protests since the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani in an encounter a month ago.
Amir Bashir Lone, a resident of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, succumbed to injuries at SKIMS hospital this morning, a police official said.
He said Lone had received pellet injuries on his head during security forces’ action against protesters on Friday. With Lone’s death, the number of people killed in the unrest in the Valley, which entered the second month today, reached 55, including two police personnel. Many parts of Kashmir, including several areas of summer capital Srinagar, continued to remain under curfew for the 31st day today.
Curfew remains in force in six police station areas of Srinagar — Nowhatta, Khanyar, Rainawari, Safakadal, Maharajgunj and Batamaloo — today as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order, the official said. He said curfew was also in force in two towns of Budgam district — Chadoora and Khansahib — and Anantnag town. The official said restrictions were in force in other areas of the Valley.