SRINAGAR: A day ahead of All Party Delegation’s (APD) visit to Kashmir, one more youth was Killed in South Kashmir on Saturday.
Reports reaching here from Islamabad district said that clashes were going on Vessu area on Khanabal-Qazigund road.
“Police and CRPF men fired tear gas shells and pellets to disperse the demonstrators,” an eye witness said.
“One youth was hit by pellets/tear gas shell and he fell down and CRPF men were around 40 feet away from the spot,” an eye witness said.
Another eye witnesses identified the youth as Basit Ahmad Ahanger, s/o Gh Mohi ud Din Ahanger, r/o Vessu, opposite CRPF camp, Anantnag. He was 17-years-old and a class eleventh student.
Basit fell down in a Nallah. Whether he was pushed into the Nallah or not is being confirmed, however, some reports suggest that CRPF men came running “and lifted the youth and threw him in the Nallah”.
The locals said that Nallah has concrete banks.
“We brought Basit out from the Nallah and rushed him to PHC Vessu before he was referred to Islamabad hospital,” the eye witness said.
The eye witness added that at least half-a-dozen civilians were injured in the clashes.
According to a doctor in Anantnag hospital who attended the injured said, “Basit died due to a deep head wound.”
“He had multiple pellet injuries in both of his legs as well.”
The body has been brought back to Vessu, Basit’s native village, and intense protests erupted in the area.
The death toll with the latest killing has surmounted to 77 following the death of Hizb commander Burhan Wani on July 8.
Elsewhere, curfew and protest shutdown continued for the 57th consecutive day in Kashmir on Saturday.
Police said curfew had been imposed in Baramulla, Sopore and Budgam towns in addition to areas falling under Nowhatta and M.R.Gunj in Srinagar city.
Forces have been deployed in strength while restrictions were in place in the rest of the Valley.
All educational institutions have remained closed since the ongoing uprising started on July 9 – a day after the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani in an encounter. Public transport, main markets and other businesses have also remained suspended.
Reports said that more than 40 people sustained injuries after clashes between protesters and government forces broke out in Rainpora Achabal area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Clashes broke out after forces tried to foil a pro-freedom rally. More than 35 people received injuries in which four pellet injured were referred to District hospital Islamabad and others were treated locally.
Abdul Ahad Dar, 65-year-old was referred to Srinagar, and according to doctors he has “received serious pellet injuries in head and mouth”. Eyewitnesses said that the pro-freedom rally was scheduled to be held at Rainpora, “but forces around 5:30 in the morning raided and started vandalizing the venue.” “They smashed window panes and started beating everyone. Even women were beaten ruthlessly,” locals said. Soon, a procession from Karigam began approaching towards rally venue. “We were approaching towards rally ground and forces fired upon us,” locals said.
At least a dozen persons were injured in clashes in south Kashmir's Tral town. Eyewitnesses said that clashes broke out in the Gulshanpora-Batigund village of Tral when forces tried to foil a pro-freedom rally. They said, a youth, whose identity was not immediately known, was hit by a slingshot in his eye and was shifted to a nearby hospital where from he was referred to Srinagar for treatment. They said the forces smashed a public address system and vandalized the stage. Reports said that even after police action, large number of people reassembled in the area and organized the ‘Martyrs Conference’ at the proposed venue.
Over a dozen people were injured after clashes erupted in Aavura village of Kupwara in north Kashmir. Witnesses said that many people were injured during these clashes.
According to reports that thousands of people assembled in Mohalla Rahim Sahab Sopore where they held Namaz Zuhr. After Nimaz, pro-freedom protest rally was held.
Protests erupted in Tukroo village of Shopian district after people came out on roads to protest against the “suspected” movement of CRPF vehicles in the area.
“A CRPF vehicle made several rounds in the area and it unnerved us for we thought they had come to arrest the protestors here,” locals said. “CRPF resorted to indiscriminate shelling on the protesters injuring about a dozen civilians.”
“Two of the injured have received shell injuries in head and have referred to Srinagar in a critical condition,” they added. The duo have been identified as Shiraz Ahmad and Aadil Ahmad Hajam, both residents of Tengwaen Shopian.
Locals from Meemandar Shopian alleged that government forces including local police and CRPF smashed the windowpanes of more than hundreds houses. They said that after a stone-pelting incident, men in uniform went on rampage in the village and caused massive damages to residential houses. “They lobbed sound grenades that created deafening noise and barged into houses, roughed up everyone who came in their way,” the locals said adding that even power transformers were damaged by these government forces. “Meemandar is a big village where PDD has installed six transformers. They fired upon on all the transformers and damaged them, thus deprived us from electricity,” the locals said.
At least 20 persons were injured in Beerwah town of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Locals said that government forces used tear smoke shells and pellet guns against stone pelting protesters at many places in the town including near BSNL exchange. They further said that one protester was hit by a police vehicle (Rakshak) and he was immediately referred to B&J hospital Srinagar. Locals said that at least 20 protesters sustained pellet injuries.
Peaceful protest rallies were organized in Toolinowpora and Gudar areas of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Tehreek Hurriyat senior leader Ghulam Nabi Sumjhi addressed the rally at Toolinowpora and exhorted upon people to maintain discipline and be committed towards ongoing freedom struggle.
Body with ‘Torture’ Marks Retrieved from Jhelum
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An unidentified body was retrieved from river Jhelum on Saturday evening in Srinagar.
Eye witnesses said that a male body, which had stains of blood, was found near Amira Kadal Bridge in Srinagar by locals.
Following ‘deal’ in shutdown, business men had just opened their shops in and around Lal Chowk when the incident happened.
As the news spread, the business establishments were closed and it created tense situation from Ghanta Ghar side.
After retrieving the body, the eye witnesses said, no identification card or any other item was found in his clothes. Soon, huge number of people assembled forming a big rally.
“They tried to march towards Eidgah to bury the body but police and CRPF men tear gassed the rally at Hari Singh Street and the body was taken away by police driving it to PCR,” eye witnesses said.
A top police official said, “The body has been retrieved and it has marks of violence.” He had no further information to share.
LIST OF 77 PERSONS KILLED IN 57 DAYS OF PROTESTS:
District Anantnag
1) Ashraf Ahmad Dar of Halpora Kokernag
2) Shahid Hamid Margay of Larnoo Kokernag
3) Danish Ayoub Shah of Achabal
4) Sajjad Ahmad Thokar of Utroosa Achabal
5) Aqib Manzoor of Khundru Achabal
6) Habibullah Malla of Brenti Achabal
7) Aamir Khan of Batapora Verinag
8) Safeer Bhat of Sarigam Aishmuqam
9) Aijaz Thokur of Siligam Aishmuqam
10) Imtiyaz Mandoo of Nandpora Anantnag
11) Bilal Shah of Dooru Anantnag
12) Haseeb Ganai of Khanabal Anantnag
13) Mushtaq Dar of Ujroo, Dooru Anantnag
14) Javed Ahmad of Anantnag
15) Hilal Ahmad of Harnag, Anantnag
16) Showkat Ahmad of Hassanpora Bijbehara
17) Jahangir Ganai of Hassanpora Bijbehara
18) Abdul Majeed Mochi of Arwani Bijbehara
19) Ishfaq Ahmed of Kokernag
20) Amir Nazir Latoo of Baba Mohalla, Bijbehara
21) Manzoor Ahmad Bhat of Doonipawa, Anantnag
22) Amir Yousuf Ganaie of Larkipora Dooru Anantnag
23) Shahnawaz Ahmad Khan of Dadoo Marhama Bijeberha ,Anantnag (Drowned)
24 ) Basit Ahmad Ahanger of Vessu Anantnag
District Kulgam
25) Mashooq Ahmad Rather of Kund Qazigund
26)Zubair Khanday of Kolepora Qaimoh Kulgam
27) Yasmina Rehman of Damhal Kulgam
28) Rashid Kumhar of Damhal, Kulgam
29) Feroz Mir of Begummilo Kulgam
30) Mushtaq Ahmed Dar of Hawoora Mishpora Kulgam
31) Irfan Maqsood Dar of Bugund Kulgam
32) Khursheed Mir of Harwat Kulgam
33) Javaid Ahmad Lone of Khudwani Kulgam
34) Syeda Bano of Cheirut Qazigund
35) Showkat Ahmad Ittu of Cheirut Qazigund
36) Nelufar Akhtar of Chowgam Qazigund
District Shopian
37) Muzaffar Hussain Bhat of Kigam Shopian
38) Aazad Thokar of Pudsoo Shopian
39) Jahgangir Pandit of Trenz Shopian
40) Muneer Pandit of Trenz Shopian
41) Shahid Gulzar of Zainapora Shopian
42) Bilal Shan of Zawoora Shopian
43)Sayar Ahmad Kumhar of Chitragam, Shopian
44) Asif Gulzar Bhat of Chitragam, Kalan, Shopian
45)Amir Bashir Lone of Sedow Shopian
District Pulwama
46) Altaf Rather of Rajpora Pulwama
47) Irfan Malik of Warwan Pulwama
48) Fayaz Waza of Nikloora Pulwama
49) Zahoor Ahmad Mantoo of Kakapora Pulwama (Drowned)
50) Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat of Awantipur
51) Farooq Ahmed Kuchay of Lethpiora, Awantipora
52) Bilal Ahmad Malik of Zadoora Pulwama
53) Suhail Ahmad Wani of Lethpora Pulwama
54)Shabir Ahmad Mongu of SharShali Khrew Pulwama
55) Amir Bashir Mir of Ratnipora Pulwama
56) Shakeel Ahmad Ganaie of Chandpora Rajpora Pulwama
District Kupwara
57) Showkat Ahmed Malik of Hutmulla Kupwara
58) Sheikh Zahoor of Warsoo Kupwara
59) Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Mir of Khumriyal Kupwara
60) Mushtaq Ahmad Ganaie of Khumrial Kupwara
District Srinagar
61) Shabir Mir of Tengpora Bund Srinagar
62) Hilal Ahmad, Tengpora Srinagar
63) Sameer Ahmed of Khonmoh, Srinagar
64) Riyaz Ahmad Shah of Chattabal, Srinagar
65) Muhammad Yasir Shiekh of Batamaloo Srinagar
66)Irfan Ahmad of Malik Angan Fateh Kadal Srinagar
67)Danish Sultan Harooof Palpora Noorbagh Srinagar(Drowned)
District Budgam
68) Mohd Maqbool Wagay of Chadoora, Budgam
69) Sameer Ahmad Wani of Mullanaroo Khansahab
70)Javed Ahmad Najar of Aripanthan, Beerwah
71)Javed Ahmad Sheikh of Aripanthan, Beerwah
72)Manzoor Ahmad Lone of Aripanthan, Beerwah
73)Mohammad Ashraf Bhat of Aripanthan, Beerwah
District Baramulla
74) Ishfaq Ahmed Dar of Tarzoo, Sopore
75) Danish Rasool Mir of Wagoora, Baramulla
76)Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat of Tangmarg Baramulla
77) Danish Manzoor of Nadihal Rafiabad Baramulla
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Jameela Begum of Bemina Srinagar died of Heart Attack, when forces pointed gun at her.
Two Policemen Afroz Ahmad of Mattan Anantnag and Mudassir Ahmad of Bandipora were also killed in the unrest.
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NOTE: The list has been prepared as per the information provided by the Police Control Rooms, Police Stations, relatives of victims and newspaper reports. Discrepancy, if any, may kindly be communicated to Kashmir Observer at [email protected].
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