Dozen injured in Pellet, Teargas shelling in Pattan; Scores injured during Bugam Rally

Over a dozen persons were injured when government forces fired pellets and tear-smoke shells on people who had gathered in Hanjivera village of Pattan town in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district to organize a pro-freedom rally on Saturday.
The locals alleged that forces personnel arrived in civil trucks and without any provocation attacked the people. They alleged that forces personnel after targeting people with pellets and tear-smoke shells ransacked houses and thrashed people including women and children.
“A peaceful pro-freedom rally was scheduled to be held in our Hanjivera Bala village. The Para-military CRPF and SOG Pattan suddenly arrived there and targeted us with pellets and tear-gas shells without any provocation,” said locals.
The locals added that over a dozen people were injured in forces action; some of them were shifted to Srinagar for treatment. A youth identified as Mushtaq Ahmed according to them was critically injured after he was hit by a tear-gas shell in his head.
Doctors at Sub District Hospital Pattan said that they referred a youth to Srinagar hospital as he had serious pellet injuries in his eyes.
When contacted SSP Baramulla Mir Imtiyaz Hussain told CNS that a large number of youth had blocked highway who were checking the identity cards of commuters. When police intervened they pelted stones on the security forces and few tear-smoke shells were lobbed to disperse them. (CNS)

Meanwhile a dozen people were injured after the government forces burst teargas shells and fired pellets to foil a rally in twin villages of Bugam and Bolsoo in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday.
Doctors at District Hospital Kulgam confirmed that twelve persons were admitted for treatment. “Two of them were referred to Srinagar for specialized treatment,” said a doctor.
One of the injured, Suhail Ahmad, has suffered an injury in his eye, he said. The residents alleged that forces personnel ransacked the houses and thrashed the inmates without any provocation.
However, the rally was held in Bugam despite the forces’ action, they said.

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