1 dies after jeep runs over 2 during Srinagar protests
J&k Protest: 1 dies after jeep runs over 2 during Srinagar protests One youth was killed and another was injured after being driven over by a CRPF vehicle which came under attack from a group of stone-pelters near Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Friday. The vicitms, Yonis Ahmad and Kaiser Ahmad were hit by the CRPF vehicle and were admitted to the hospital where doctors declared their condition as serious. While Yonis is still struggling for life, Kaiser passed away around midnight. After Friday prayers at the mosque, scores of protesters shouting anti-India slogans clashed with police. They surrounded a CRPF vehicle and pelted stones at it. CRPF PRO Sanjay Sharma said, “They (protesters) came very close, some of them even climbed on the vehicle. The protesters were trying to lynch people inside the vehicle and the driver was trying to get out of the situation.” Sharma said that while trying to get out of the situation, somebody “might have come under the vehicle”. “Earlier they tied people to the fronts of jeeps & paraded them around villages to deter protestors. Now they just drive their jeeps right over protestors. Is this your new SOP @MehboobaMufti sahiba? Ceasefire means no guns, so use jeeps?” Former state chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted along with a picture of youth crushed under CRPF vehicle. -PTC News
