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Man dies during scuffle over land dispute in Kulgam

Danishwar Hameed

One person aged 43 years died during a dispute over land in the Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district.

An official told The Kashmiriyat that on Wednesday scuffle erupted between two families in the Muchawa area of Yaripora in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district.

“After the initial verbal brawl, the fight took an ugly turn when the members from both the families started exchanging blows with each other, during which one person fell unconscious,” the official said.

He said that one person namely Zahoor Ahmed Wani son of Ghulam Mohammed Wani died under mysterious circumstances in the scuffle over the land dispute. “There was no injury mark on his body,” he said.

The Jammu Kashmir Police lodged in FIR in the Police station Yaripora under section 174 (suspicious death) of CrPC.

“The Police is ascertaining the cause of the death. It is too early to say anything,” the official said.

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