Srinagar: Normal life remained paralysed here
for the second consecutive day as people observed a
spontaneous strike on Wednesday to protest against the killing of a
teenager in teargas shelling on Sunday.
Shops and business establishments remained closed and
transport kept off the roads in the summer capital even though
no organisation had given a call for the strike today,
officials said.
Some youths pelted stones at vehicles in Batmaloo, Maisuma
and Natipora in uptown and several other areas of old city,
they said, adding, police had to batoncharge and use teargas
shells to dispersed them.
Meanwhile, markets today opened in other districts, a day
after strike called by several separatist organisations
including both factions of Hurriyat conference.
The strike was called to protest against the death of
13-year-old Wamik Farooq, a resident of Rainawari locality,
who was hit by a teargas shell on his head at Rajouri kadal
during a clash between police and a mob on Sunday.
Farooq later succumbed at Soura Medical institute.
At least 100 people, including 30 police and paramilitary
personnel, were injured in the clashes between stone-pelting
youths and law enforcing agencies in the city in past two
days.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, February 03, 2010, 13:40