Srinagar: Curfew remained in force in seven police station areas of the city on Saturday following death of a minor boy, who was injured during clashes between protestors and security forces in Safakadal area of the city.
12-year-old Junaid Akhoon succumbed to injuries at SKIMS Hospital at Soura on Friday night, taking the death toll in the ongoing unrest in Kashmir to 84, a police official said. Akhoon was hit by pellets in the head and chest at Saidapora in Safakadal Police Station area on Friday during clashes between protestors and security forces, the official said. “Curfew has been imposed as a precautionary measure in seven police station areas of Srinagar ,”he said.
“Restrictions on assembly of people are in force in the Kashmir Valley while security forces have been deployed to maintain law and order,” he said. (PTI)