Kashmir unrest; 1 more youth succumbs, toll rises to 82

Meanwhile, both the faction of Hurriyart Conference and Jammu and Kashmir liberation front (JKLF), spearheading the present agitation since July 9, a day after  Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani and two militants were killed in an encounter, have extended the strike till September 22. 

Official sources said that a youth Basip Mukhtar, resident of Dolipora, who was injured after security forces fired pellets and burst tear gas shells to disperse the demonstrators on September 5 in Phulwama, died in a Srinagar hospital last night. 

With this, a total of 82 civilians, mostly youth, have been killed and over 8,600 others have been injured in security force action in Kashmir valley. 

Fearing trouble, authorities have imposed curfew in Pulwama to prevent any demonstration today. Hundreds of security forces and state police personnel remained deployed to strictly implement curfew in Phulwama and other towns in the district where people hit the street late last night and raised 'pro- freedom' and anti-forces slogans.