Youth dies in Srinagar violence
By IANSSunday, January 31, 2010
SRINAGAR - A youth was killed Sunday evening as protesters shouting anti-India slogans clashed with security forces in this Jammu and Kashmir capital, police said.
A senior police officer said the youth was hit by a tear smoke shell fired by police to disperse stone-pelting mobs near Rajouri Kadal in old city.
Mobs took to the streets in Gojiwara, Rajouri Kadal and Kawdara localities Sunday afternoon and clashed with police and the Central Reserve Police Force troopers.
They shouted anti-India and pro-independence slogans, the official said.
Police first charged at the mob with batons, but when the stone throwing intensified, police fired tear smoke shells to disperse the protestors, the officer said.
The youth, hit by the shell, was taken to Soura medical institute where he succumbed to his injuries.
As the news about the youth’s death spread, tension prevailed the old city area with hundreds taking to streets and clashing with the police and the paramilitary troopers.
The body of youth was taken to the control room, police said.
