Srinagar: With the Kashmir violence escalating every
day, the death toll has now risen to 32.
When the situation was looking better, another
casualty in the border district of Kupwara reversed the gains of the day, even
as J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti in a televised address assured
investigation into the allegation of excessive force.
Police said a mob attacked the police station and set
on fire a vehicle in which some policemen got trapped at Kralpora village of
Kupwara. “While dealing with the situation, one person was injured who later on
succumbed to his injuries,” said a police spokesman.
With the fresh killing in Kupwara, the death toll has
climbed to 32 in Kashmir since the unrest began after the killing of Hizbul
Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani at Kokarnag on Friday. Of the 32
people killed, 30, including a cop, were killed in four districts of south
Kashmir. One each was killed in Kupwara and Srinagar.
Thousands of people thronged Burhan’s hometown of Tral
to mark his Rasm-e-Chahrum (fourth day). Defying curfew, thousands of people
from different areas of Kashmir marched to his Sharifabad village of Burhan to
offer special prayers for him. The town was painted with the pro-Burhan
graffitis with people raising pro-azadi slogans.
Police said the situation in the valley remained under
control though some incidents of arson and mob attacks were reported on
Tuesday.
Police said the stray and intermittent incidents of
stone pelting were reported from Tral, Nowdal, Gadbugh, Batnag and other places
across Kashmir.
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