PulwamaHafiz Aaqib Rashid Dar, an 18 year old youth who was allegedly killed by security forces firing near encounter site on 26 May, at Saimoh village of Tral area of South Kashmirs Pulwama district, was the lone brother of two sisters and only hope of his parents.
Resident of Khankah area of Tral town, just 8 kms from tehsil headquarter, Hafiz Aaqib was protesting with other youth against forces near encounter site at Saimoh village of Tral, where two militants were trapped including a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander of Sabzar Ahmad.
Eyewitnesses report that during the heavy protests and stone pelting by the locals at the encounter site, security forces opened fire on protesters. Aaqib sustained bullet injury in his forehead and was immediately rushed to Sub District Hospital Tral, where doctors declared him brought dead.
Soon after the news spread, people of the area staged massive protests while some youth pelted stones on forces, resulting injuries to dozens of protesters.
The slain was Hafiz-e-Quran and was presently studying in one of Darul Uloom in Kashmir Valley.
According to his relatives , the deceased was prayer leader in local mosque and was supposed to go Deoband after Eid, to pursue further studies (Molvi Fazil) there.
The body of Aaqib was brought to his ancestral village Khankah Midoora where hundreds of people amid curfew participated in funeral prayers of the deceased. The grim seen was accompanied by pro-freedom and anti-Indian slogans, while women folk were seen wailing and beating their chests .
The deceased Hafiz’s father Ab Rashid Dar is breadmaker in Srinagar city, and both the sisters are studying in local educational institutions.Aaqib was the only hope of sustainable livelihood for the poor family, they said.
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