Srinagar, Sept 02: Even as the day passed off by and large peacefully, the Thursday evening, however, didn’t remain peaceful as two civilians were left wounded when police and paramilitary forces fired at a mob in Zaldagar area of Srinagar downtown. Two persons identified as Riyaz Ahmad, son of Manzoor Ahmad, resident of Feteh Kadal, and Sajid Ahmad, son of Abdul Rashid of Karfalli Mohalla, were injured when police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel opened fire to disperse a mob near Zaldagar here this evening. Locals alleged that the police and CRPF personnel opened fire before the ‘Iftaar’ around 06:30 pm in Zaldagar area “without any provocation”, injuring two people. A police spokesman, however, said that the forces fired tear-smoke shells to disperse the stone-pelting mob there. However, they did not relent after which forces fired rubber pallets. He confirmed that two people have been wounded, saying, however, that “the condition of both the persons is stable so far”.
Kashmir Valley has been witnessing an alarming increase in the incidents of suicides from past few years. Not a single day passes without the reports of suicides or attempts of suicide making it to newspapers from different parts of the Valley. Those who end their lives or attempt to do so are from different age groups – from teenagers to middle-aged house-wives. The seriousness of the issue could be gauged by the very fact that despite religious scholars (Ulema) having issued a religious
Dear Editor, Hardly a day passes without reports of violence from one or the other area of Kashmir valley while as the other parts too continue to remain shut. Violent protests followed by police firing ensuring casualities have become an everyday tale now while as the political circles too seem chocked to say their heart out. Those Political parties which speak at this juncture too seem frightened to fiddle with the idea of Hartals and Bandhs knowing that the status-quo was becoming
Amidst New Delhi’s silence, Kashmir appears nothing but a sinking ship after strikes, curfews, protests and killings have disturbed the remains of the synthetically generated semblance of peace manufactured through decades of coercion, oppression through armed forces special provisionary act (AFSPA). While Separatists continue their demand for a political resolution and the state government
