Srinagar: A policeman is killed after a mob pushed a police vehicle into the river Jhelum in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir. The incident took place following the protest over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani.
"A mobile bunker of police was pushed into river by protestors and the driver (SPO Feroz Ahmad) in it has died," Education Minister Naeem Akhtar told reporters here.
Normal life was hit for the second day on Sunday in Kashmir Valley due to curfew-like restrictions and strike following the killing of Wani. The restrictions have been imposed in most of Kashmir Valley as a precautionary measure.
Restrictions have been imposed in most areas of Srinagar city and four districts of south Kashmir, officials said.
They said the decision to impose restrictions was taken to maintain law and order in the Valley.
Widespread mob violence and clashes left 17 people dead and 126, including 96 security forces personnel, injured even as curfew was clamped across the Valley and mobile internet services suspended to contain the fallout of gunning down of Wani.
On Saturday, the restrictions were imposed only in some parts of Srinagar, Pulwama and Anantnag districts.
Meanwhile, the separatist-sponsored strike, which was extended for two more days on Saturday, also affected normal life in the Valley.
Shops, private offices, business establishments and petrol pumps were shut, while government offices and banks witnessed thin attendance, the officials said.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti appealed for calm while expressing "profound" grief and agony over the deaths during the protests and asked security forces to avoid use of disproportionate force for crowd control.
(With additional information from PTI)
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