Protesters blocked a main highway in restive Indian Kashmir on Saturday after a young man was shot dead by the army in what military officials described as an “accidental” shooting.
The Indian army said Ashiq Hussain Rather, 22, was killed late Friday when a soldier accidentally fired his rifle as security forces combed the area for militants.
The killing occurred in the Baramulla district of the scenic Kashmir valley.
“It was a case of the accidental discharge of a single bullet by a soldier which led to the unfortunate incident,” Lieutenant General S.A. Hasnain told the Press Trust of India.
“The deceased was innocent. Inquiries have been ordered,” he added.
Police used baton charges and teargas to disperse the protesters who were blocking traffic along the main Kupwara-Baramulla highway in Indian Kashmir, according to media reports.
There are nearly a dozen Kashmir militant groups fighting for the divided Muslim-majority region to become part of Pakistan and over 47,000 people have been killed since the outbreak of the separatist insurgency in Kashmir in 1989.
But militant violence has dropped sharply in Kashmir since India and Pakistan, which each hold part of the Himalayan region and claim it in full, started a peace process in 2004.
The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, Omar Abdullah, said the government would investigate the death. “We will ascertain the facts and any action will follow after that,” Abdullah told India’s NDTV channel.
Why the Government of Pakistan is siLent over the brutial killings of unarmed Kashmiris by the occupied indians forces In jammu and kashmir?Why the champion of so-called democracy america and its agents are having kept silent now Why they have become blind and deaf over the brutial killings of muslums in Indian occupied jammu and Kashmir?where is international human rights organisations? Come forward to see and protest over this issue? we strongly condemn and protest over this way of governing in occupied part of this disputed Jammi and Kashmir.Pakistan government is silent why? The pepoe of Pakistan must strongly express their unpleasure and unwillingness on these brutial killings.Where is our ministry of information and broadcasting sleeping? Perhaps they all are busy to chalk out plans for only and only for Nawaz Sharief how to defeat him.Bcoz while on their beds,nawaz Sharief comes in thier dreams,how to finish him and fight against him and do not think on other issues.UTHO KASHMIR JAL RAHA HAI AUR PAKISTANIS KHAWAB E GHAFLAT KeY MAZAE LAI RAHAIN HAIN.SHARAM KARO WHERE IS BLOODY ALTAF HUSSAIN INDIAN AND JEWS AGENT ? why anp is silent,bcoz they are totally indian agent.upto what moment we will wait for?Perhaps Muhammad Bin Qasim will come and help muslims to solve their problems.IN SHAH ALLAH ONE DAY WILL COME WHEN WHOLE JAMMU AND KASHMIR WILL BECOME THE PART OF PAKISTAN.DEHLI,IS OUR DESTINATION AND BY CHEATING THAT PORTION HAD BEEN SEPARATED FROM PAKISTAN.WE WANT A GREATER PAKISTAN UPTO DEHLI AND SRINAGAR.
Where is the west or US or UK now? They are concerned about human rights in Syria or Lybia or Egypt only.Actually they are biased towards India.
SALEYA dilli tak pahunchna ta dur di gal pehla tapkey ta vakhao PUNJAB.
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