This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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The use of tear gas shells and pallet guns in Kashmir has claimed its 90th life as a young boy succumbed to head injuries late Friday night. The forces used tear gas shells and pallet guns to disperse the participants of a protest in Srinagar’s Saidpora area of the old city earlier in the day. According to the police, the victim Junaid Ahmad was 13-years-old but his family insists he was only 11. Junaid was admitted to Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in a serious condition and failed to survive later.
The protests in Srinagar have continued to disrupt normal life on Saturday with most of the old city areas under curfew. The authorities imposed a curfew on Friday in many parts of Srinagar including Khanyar, Rainawari, Nowhatta, Safakadal, Maharaj Gunj, Maisuma and Batamaloo to thwart a protest march called by separatists towards United Nations office in the city. A police official confirmed that “the restrictions were also imposed in Sonwar to prevent people from marching towards UN office.”
In a memorandum addressed to the United Nations Military Observer’s Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Geelani asked the international body that “since we believe and understand that Kashmir dispute remains at the centre of the regional conflict, we appeal you to challenge the behaviour of Indian State in Jammu Kashmir and urge it to stop this reign of terror. In the interests of regional peace and global justice we once again implore you to intervene and prevail upon the Indian state to shun violence and initiate processes for granting universally recognised Right to Self Determination to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.”
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