Youth drowns to death during ‘Stone throwing’ protests in Budgam

A teenager drowned during stone-throwing protests in the Magam area of Budgam on Friday afternoon.

Official Sources said that minor protests had erupted in the Magam area of Budgam after Friday prayers during which a small group of youth hurled stones at force personnel.

The force personnel deployed there chased the youth away.

While the Police were chasing these youths away, one of the youths drowned in the Sukhnag Nallah of Budgam. “his body has been retrieved from the Nallah,” they told The Kashmiriyat.

The incident occurred in the native village of slain LeT militant commander Yousuf Kantroo who was killed in the encounter at Baramulla on Thursday, as per local news agency, Kashmir News Trust.

The youth who drowned during the incident was Shabar Ali son of Ali Mohammed Mir, a resident of Gund Hassi Bhat area in Srinagar.

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