A youth was killed after hit by pellets during clashes between government forces and protesters in Seer Hamdan village of Anantnag district in south Kashmir on Tuesday.
20 year old Naseer Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Hassan Dar was hit by pellets causing multiple injuries to him. “Naseer was immediately shifted to SDH Seer Hamdan however doctors declared him brought dead,” sources told Rising Kashmir.
Earlier, more than 50 protesters were injured after clashes erupted in the area during night.
Local sources said that government forces barged into residential houses and thrashed the inmates during nocturnal raids.
Locals alleged that forces even beat women and elderly persons resulting in protests and clashes.
They said that locals were protesting against force’s highhandedness during which Naseer was killed