Curfew imposed in parts of Kashmir Valley again

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SRINAGAR: Authorities imposed curfew in parts of the Valley on Sunday to prevent protests after residents of north Kashmir's Baramulla town alleged that a teenager drowned after the cops chased him a day earlier. Hundreds of troops patrolled streets and erected barricades to impose restrictions on the people's movement as hardline Hurriyat faction had called for a shutdown.
Officials said the local administration was looking for Faizan Rafiq Buhroo's body when the reports last came in. He was a class XII student at Baramulla's Guru Nanak School. A police officer said restrictions were also imposed in Srinagar's old city, Maisuma, Batmaloo and Humhama to prevent violence.

The Valley has been on the boil for more than a month over the killing of 15 people, including a 9-year-old boy and 25-year-old woman, in security forces' firing. The trouble started on June 11 when a 17-year-old boy was killed after a teargas shell hit him in his head as he was caught in a clash between protesters and the cops.

Meanwhile, security forces defused an IED planted along Srinagar-Baramulla national highway.

Source: Times of India