Police staff and Indian troops resorted to teargas shelling during the funeral of a minor lad resulting in injuries of 35 individuals.
The 16-year boy, named as Qaiser Sofi, a resident of Shalimar, was discovered in an unconscious state a day after he went missing on 27 th. He was admitted at the Soura Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar where he breathed his last at around 10 pm last night.
According to witnesses, the body of Qaiser Sofi was brought to his ancestral house in Safa Kadal at around 7 AM. Yet, Indian forces deployed in the region resorted triggering clashes. Around 35 persons, including two women, were injured in forces’ barbarous actions.
They said that forces’ teargas shells were additionally fired by staff into the boy’s home.
The mourners, nonetheless, managed to reach the martyrs’ graveyard, where the boy was laid to rest.
