Teacher allegedly beaten to death in Kashmir

“The past 40 days of cycle of conflict has hurt everybody including school children, traders, government officials and all those lying in the hospitals”, he said at the outset.

“These raids are not sanctioned at any level. Amongst them there are few who may never return”, she said. A strict curfew and a series of communications blackouts have failed to stop the protests, even as residents have struggled to cope with shortages of food, medicine and other necessities.

However, he refused to divulge details about the long meeting with the governor and CM, but said the meeting was about how to bring normalcy in the region. As many as 66 people have lost their lives and several have been injured during clashes with security forces.

Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence from British rule in 1947. He added that an inquiry would be conducted into the violence that took place on the night of August 17 in Khrew in which Shabir Ahmad Monga, a lecturer, was killed, and 18 others wounded. Residents of Shar said 15 of those arrested have been hospitalised, many of them in critical condition.

“First the electricity went off and soldiers soon started attacking our home, beating up all of us, including my 10-year-old niece”, villager Ghulam Hassan told AFP from his hospital bed in Srinagar.

In response to a question, he said a decision has been taken that Army will provide assistance to security forces and police in securing the highways and district roads in order to ensure movement of vehicular traffic during the day.

The death has led to fresh protests in IHK, which has seen clashes in the aftermath of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani on July 8.

The authorities strictly imposed night curfew in the city in view of the separatists’ call for march to the United Nations office over a 72-hour period beginning on Wednesday.Schools, colleges and private offices remained closed while public transport remained off the roads due to the strike called by the separatists.

Schools, colleges and private offices remained closed while public transport remained off the roads due to the strike called by the separatists.

He further said that the counter-infiltration grid was alert and the borders continue to remain secure, notwithstanding the situation in the Valley.

However, broadband services were restored early this morning after five days. Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered an FIR into the killing.