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ISLAMABAD, (APP): A day after a teenager was killed
by Indian armed forces during peaceful protest demonstrations in
Held Srinagar, the authorities intensified curfew and other
restrictions on the 45th consecutive day on Monday in the
territory.
Irfan Ahmad, 17, from Fateh Kadal area of old Srinagar city
was killed by Indian forces in Malarata area Sunday evening.
Ahmad was hit in the chest with a tear smoke shell, KMS reported.
Doctors said that he was brought dead in the hospital. With
the teenager’s death, the toll in the ongoing Intifada has risen
to 83.
“Curfew will continue in held Srinagar without any relaxation
today (Monday),” a police official said.
The valley has been crippled by curfew and restrictions
imposed by authorities since July 9, a day after the killing of
top Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Burhan Wani by Indian troops in
Kokernag area of Islamabad district.
Restrictions under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code
(CrPc) have also been imposed in Islamabad, Kulgam, Shopian,
Pulwama, Pampore, Badgam, Sopore, Bandipora, Baramulla, Ganderbal,
Kupwara, Handwara, Awantipora and Qaimoh towns, today, to maintain
law and order in Kashmir Valley.
The Hurriyet has already extended the ongoing protest
shutdown till August 25.
There is an acute shortage of commodities as a result of
intervention by personnel of Indian armed forces in supply of food
items as drivers of oil tankers and truck
owners are given life threats by the men in uniform.
The blockade of supplies from outside to the landlocked
valley is hitting the common hard in occupied Kashmir.