Scores injured in pellet firing during CASO in Kulgam, 3 Power transformers set ablaze by forces

Eight people suffered pellet injuries and forces allegedly set ablaze two electricity transformers after local residents resisted a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) at Tarigam, Kulgam, on Monday. Police, Army and Central Reserve Police Force jointly launched the operation after specific inputs about the presence of militants, an official said. Reports said that youth took to streets after the CASO was launched. “Local youth resorted to stone-pelting to disrupt the CASO. Forces resorted to teargas shelling and pellet firing,” said a local, Tariq Ahmed. Eight youth sustained pellet injuries and were shifted to…

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Scores injured in clashes during CASO in Kulgam

At least thirty people were injured, one of them critically, in clashes with government forces during a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) in Khudwani area in Kulgam district on Monday. Six of the injured had metal pellet injuries in eyes. Scores of youth took to streets and clashed with the forces who had launched a CASO in Lone Mohala, Khudwani, in the afternoon probably after receiving inputs about the presence of militants. The forces fired tear gas and pellets to chase away the protesters who were trying to disrupt the search operation. Rakeeb…

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Two cops, CRPF jawan, Civilian hurt in Kulgam grenade attack

Two policemen and a civilian were today injured in a grenade explosion at a police station in the Damhal Hanjipora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. “Militants hurled a hand grenade, which exploded on the premises of the police station,” said a senior police officer from the area. He said two policemen and a civilian who was at the station for some work were left with splinter injuries and were rushed to a hospital, where their condition is stated to be stable. The incident took place around 4:30 pm. The…

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Army supported the hair chopper in malwan Kulgam

People in Malwan Kulgam on late Monday claimed the army rescued an alleged braid chopper, whom they said they had apprehended near the nearby graveyard outside a mosque in the village. Civil administration said they have ordered investigations into the allegations. Local residents said that they had been following a suspicious man for the last two days, who they claimed was behind the mysterious braid chopping incidents in the village. The “man” in question is being refered to many as “bhoot”, the ghost. “As we were going towards Masjid to…

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‘Trespassers would be shot dead’ army warns people in Kulgam; Flag march in Pulwama

Army personnel from 9 Rashtriya Rifles have drawn a warning line on the road with the directions that those who will cross that line will be shot dead at Chewalgam area of district Kulgam. Reportedly, the line drawn with wax is a message to people not to cross it otherwise they will face bullets. Meanwhile, a strict curfew has been imposed in the entire district on the first death anniversary of Commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani in district Kulgam. However, no reports of stone pelting were received from any part of…

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PDP’s Convention stoned in Kulgam, 2 workers injured

Two workers of ruling Peoples Democratic Party were injured after youth attacked the party’s convention in Chawalgam village of southern Kulgam district on Sunday. The convention was held at Dak Bungalow-cum-Rest House in Chawalgam amid stringent security arrangements. Senior PDP leader and Minister for Rural Development Abdul Haq Khan, Member Parliament Nazir Ahmad Laway and MLA Noorabad, Abdul Majeed Paddar were present at the convention. Reports said as the convention was on, some youth appeared on the scene amid pro-freedom sloganeering and started pelting stones from backside of the Dak…

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Pellet Victim of 2016 uprising dies in Kulgam, Probe begins

Cause not known yet, say doctors; Natural death, say police A 26 year old youth of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district who had sustained multiple pellet injuries during last year’s uprising died Monday morning at a local orphanage, the ambulance of which he used to drive. While doctors said they could not establish the cause of death, police maintained that initial investigations reveal he died of “natural causes.” Wasim Ahmad Thokur S/O Haji Mushtaq Ahmad Thokur of Schuch village of Kulgam, according to family and eyewitnesses, was found dead in the…

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Resistance March to Kulgam foiled

With the deployment of the police and the CRPF personnel in large numbers in sensitive areas, separatists’ proposed march to Kulgam was foiled while clashes between protesters and the police erupted in some areas of south Kashmir today. The clashes took place at several places in the Pulwama area where the youths attempted to take out the march to Kulgam. The police lobbed teargas shells to chase away the protesters indulging in stone-throwing. Restrictions were imposed in Kulgam district to prevent the separatists’ march for paying tributes to the two…

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Situation tense in Kulgam, dozens injured during violent protests, Geelani, Mirwaiz stages sit-in, lashes out at UN

 25 injured reach Kulgam Hospital, situation very tense Reports from Kulgam in south Kashmir suggest that situation is very tense and more than 30 persons have sustained injuries in the ongoing clashes in the district however officials were not available for comments. District Hospital Kulgam sources told Kashmir Post that they received 25 injured persons who have different sorts of injuries. Intense clashes erupted in Adeejan area of the district after thousands of protesters were stopped from marching to DH Pora. Local people had called a prayer meeting at DH Pora in…

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Massive clashes erupt in Kulgam, 04 Persons injured in forces action, Pro-freedom march in Pahalgam

At least four persons sustained injuries when forces fired tear smoke canisters and pellets to disperse the protest rally at Damhal Hanjipora in south Kashmir’s  Kulgam district  on Wednesday, reports said. Massive clashes between government forces and protesters Wednesday erupted in Kulgam district after police and Para-military forces stopped people from reaching DH Pora. Earlier, a large number of people from dozens of areas in district Kulgam assembled and started their march to DH Pora to pay homage to those killed recently at the hands of government forces. Sources said…

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