Fresh clashes in J&K as minor boy succumbs

​Srinagar : A minor boy succumbed to pellet injuries here, sparking fresh clashes between protesters and security forces at various places in Kashmir today even as curfew continued in seven police station areas of Srinagar. Ruling PDP demanded a time-bound probe into the death of the boy.

Junaid Akhoon, who was hit by pellets in the head and chest at Saidapora in Safakadal police station area here on Friday, succumbed to injuries at SKIMS hospital at Soura late last night, taking the death toll in the three-month-long unrest in Kashmir to 84, a police official said.

While police said the boy was injured during clashes between protesters and security forces, the local residents alleged that the deceased was not involved in any protest. Police said the boy was aged 12. Use of force was unprovoked and excessive which called for a probe and action as a follow up, the PDP quoting a deputation of respectable people from Eidgah locality of downtown area of the city said, and demanded a time-bound probe.