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Mowing down of youth: Is this your new SOP, Omar asks Mehbooba

After a youth Kasier Ahmed was mowed down by a speeding CRPF vehicle, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti that is crushing protesters to death the new Standard Operation Procedure of her government.

In a tweet, the Working President of the National Conference asked, ” Is this your new SOP Mehbboba Mufti Sahiba?


Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman of the Hurriyat (M), on Friday had said that repression of Kashmiris continues even in the holy month of Ramzan. He added that earlier in the day dozens of youth were taken into custody and later a youth was mowed down by a CRPF vehicle.


The deceased youth is survived by two teenage sisters. The family was living with their aunt in Dalgate for the past four years after both his parents had died.

One of the other injured youth identified as Mohammad Younis, as per doctors, has polytrauma. “When we received him at SKIMS hospital, he is intubated. We are monitoring his condition but he is very critical,” said an official from the hospital.

According to a report in Greater Kashmir, CRPF spokesman in Srinagar Sanjay Sharma said a group of over 500 protesters surrounded the CRPF vehicle that was ferrying a senior officer. The officer, according to Sharma, was supposed to check the deployment in the area.

The incident comes days after civilian Adil Ahmed Yadoo was mowed down by a police armoured vehicle on May 5, during protests in Safa Kadal, Srinagar.

The images of the boys being overrun by the CRPF vehicle went viral on social media, evoking sharp reactions with many mocking at the ‘truce plan’ offered by the police.

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