Srinagar, Aug 08 (KNS): Though the curfew and restrictions continue on 31st day in Kashmir, scores of people from Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district were injured while the most of the injured civilians were referred to Srinagar hospital for treatment.
A top police official told KNS that curfew and restrictions remained in force in several districts including Kulgam, Anantnag, Pulwama, in parts of Srinagar and in other areas to thwart any possible protests against the civilian killings in Kashmir.
Witnesses said that a large contingent of police and paramilitary CRPF troopers were deployed on roads and streets and had erected concertina wires at most entry and exit points in several localities.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Meanwhile, at least 7 civilians including 4 women sustained injuries after forces fired pellets to disperse the protesters.
“Four women, one middle-aged man and two youth sustained pellet injuries during the protests in Bijbehara. Among the injured persons six have been referred to Srinagar’s SMHS hospital,” sources in the Sub District Hospital Bijbehara told KNS.
Sources said that all the injured persons identified as Ruby, Touseef Ahmad, Firdous Ahmad, Haleema, Rafiqa, Reema and Aadil are residents of Semthan Bijbehara.
They said that one among the injured had sustained minor injuries and was being treated in the SDH Bijbehara. (KNS)