Srinagar: Tension prevailed in parts of the
city following clashes between youth and police on Saturday after
the body of man bearing injury marks was recovered.
The dead body of Mohammad Maqbool Ganie (45), a resident
of Saraibala, who used to sell barbaques at Lal Chowk in
Maisuma, was recovered from a shed where he used to prepare
meat, they said.
The body of the deceased bore several injury marks and is
believed to have been murdered with a sharp edged weapon,
police said.
Immediately after the body was sent for postmortem, the
youths took to streets in the locality and enforced a
shutdown, they said, adding they also pelted stones at
policemen deployed at Budshah Chowk triggering a clash.
Police responded with warning shots and lobbed tear gas
shells.
There was no immediate report of any casualty.
Shops at Jehangir chowk, Hari Singh High Street and Sarai
Bala were closed after the youth forced the shopkeepers to
pull down the shutters, they said adding police has been
deployed at Maisuma and other nearby areas.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 07, 2009, 15:44