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Student Killing: Government shuts schools, colleges today in Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian

The scenes from Adil Farooq Magray's funeral on June 07, 2017. (FPK Photo/Vikar Syed)

Srinagar: After a college going student was shot dead by armed forces on last Tuesday evening in Shopian, the J&K Government on Wednesday closed schools and colleges in three districts today.

Several parts of Kashmir Valley observed a shutdown on Wednesday against the killing of Adil Farooq Magray in Indian armed forces firing at Ganowpora village of Shopian.

The joint resistance leadership has called for shutdown on Friday to protest the killing of young Adil by men in uniform.

Large contingent of police and Para-military troopers had been deployed in major parts of three districts of Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian.

Police used tear-smoke shells to disperse protesters at Muran Chowk, Newa and Rajpora Chowk of Pulwama district.

Protesters who hit to roads against the civilian killing raised pro-freedom and anti-India slogans. They also pelted stones on the deployed forces while in retaliation armed forces lobbed tear-smoke shells.

Reports from saffron town Pampore said that scores of students took to streets and pelted stones on government forces in Namblabal and Khrew Chowk.

In order to dissipate the protesting students, armed forces fired tear-gas shells.

Witnesses said that the students of Government Boys Higher Secondary School Pampore and Government Girls Higher Secondary School Pampore staged a protest on Srinagar-Jammu highway at Namlabal Pampore against the killing of Adil Farooq.

Witnesses said that the armed forces resorted to tear smoke shelling and pellet firing to disperse the protesters, triggering massive clashes.

Several girl students were allegedly thrashed by the forces, they said. Officials at Sub-district hospital Pampore said that fifteen students were brought to the facility.

A police official said that students of IUST Awantipora and students of Higher Secondary School Pampore both girls and boys protested and indulged in stone pelting on the forces.

They also blocked Srinagar-Jammu Highway. In order to maintain peace and tranquility security forces deployed in the area dispersed them with “maximum restrain”.

“Large number of Police personnel received injuries due to heavy stone pelting by the students in Namblabal Pampore and University Road Awantipora. The situation was brought under control and the Highway was kept through for vehicular movement,” he said.

Meanwhile, the district administration of Pulwama said that class work in Pulwama higher educational institutions will remain suspended on June 8.

According to the district administration Pulwama, class work in degree colleges and higher secondary schools of the district shall remain suspended tomorrow June 8 (Thursday) as a precautionary measure.

According to Additional District Magistrate Shopian, class work in Government Degree Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools in district Shopian shall remain suspended on June 8(Thursday) as a precautionary measure.

According to the orders issued by the District Magistrate Kulgam, the class work of the colleges in the district shall remain suspended for tomorrow June 8 and June 9 as a precautionary measure.

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