Alleging son’s death due to pellets, Kashmir family awaits filing of Counter FIR

‘Mama mai kai gov buthes’ (Mom what happened to my face?) were the last words of Asrar Ahmad Khan, that his 49-year old mother still remember while he was battling his life at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), the Valley’s premier hospital.

Shaheena’s son, Asrar (18) was allegedly killed by government forces at Elahibagh locality of Srinagar on August 6, a day after Indian Government led by Narendera Modi scrapped special status of the erstwhile state.

According to her, Asrar was directly targeted by the forces with pellets when he was playing with his friend at a local playground, barely a stones-through away from his home. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition where he succumbed to injuries after 29 days on September 4. Asrar was the 2nd causality after Article 370 was removed from the Indian Constitution.…

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• 412 booked under Public Safety Act since 5 August, says report by Kashmir-based rights group (Dec 31, 2019, The Print)
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• ‘Trauma and torture’: Kashmir lockdown is taking a heavy toll on its journalists (Jan 2, 2020, News Laundry)
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• Under Detention Since Scrapping of Article 370, Five Kashmiri Political Leaders Released after 148 Days (Dec 30, 2019, News18)
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• RTI Reveals Union Minister Lied to Parliament about Hit to Tourism in J&K (Jan 3, 2020, The Wire)
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