ANOTHER YOUTH KILLED BY PELLET FIRING IN CLASH

SRINAGAR: One more youth was killed in fresh clashes that broke out between protestors and security forces in Kashmir after Friday prayers, raising the death toll to 45 in the unrest that erupted two weeks ago, even as Union home minister Rajnath Singh is set to visit the Valley on Saturday.

A youth—Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat —sustained severe injuries after being hit by pellets during protests at Chursoo in Awantipora area of Pulwama on Friday afternoon, a police official said.

He said Bhat was rushed to SMHS hospital but he succumbed to his injuries. This was the first death in fresh clashes in the Valley since Monday when three persons were killed in army firing at Qazigund. Two other persons were brought to the hospital on Friday with pellet injuries, the official said.