An elderly man died on Wednesday after he suffered a cardiac arrest due to shelling of tear smoke canisters at the hands of government forces in Kulgam.
70 year old Abdul Gani Wani was in the courtyard at Chawalgam, Kulgam when clashes erupted outside his house.
Clashes erupted in the village after government forces tried to disperse protesters by using force against them.
Local sources told that Wani died of heart attack due to loud shell explosions.