Kashmiri hit by CRPF car dies, clashes at funeral
3 Jun 2018 4:49 AM IST
Srinagar: Clashes broke out between protesters and security forces in the old city here on Saturday after the death of a youth who was allegedly hit by a CRPF vehicle during another confrontation on Friday. Protesters pelted stones when security forces stopped his funeral procession at Fatehkadal, a police official said. The forces fired dozens of tear smoke shells and pellets to chase them away.
Some protesters received minor injuries, the official said. The authorities had imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar after Kaiser Bhat (21) died in hospital around midnight. But hundreds of people turned out for the funeral. He was later buried at Eidgah even as reports came in of clashes elsewhere in the city.
Following the youth's death, the separatists had given a strike call across Kashmir on Saturday, prompting shopkeepers and other business owners to down shutters. The clash in which Bhat was fatally injured took place on Friday after Friday prayers ended at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar's Nowhatta area. A group of youths had started pelting stones at the security forces, with some of them attacking a CRPF vehicle.
Bhat and another man were taken to SKIMS hospital at Soura after being hit by that vehicle.
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