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Protestors, police clash over trucker's death

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ANI Anantnag

Clashes broke out between protesters and the security forces in south Kashmir's Anantnag district against the killing of a Kashmiri trucker by a mob in Udhampur area of Jammu region on Monday.

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Truck conductor Zahid Rasool Bhat succumbed to injuries sustained during a petrol bomb attack on a truck with two more Kashmiris by a mob in Udhampur on Oct 9.

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After Zahid's funeral prayers, angry protesters hurled rocks at police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) who responded with tear and pepper gas canisters.

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Restrictions are placed in various areas of the district with police and CRPF men deployed in strength to contain anti-India protests.

 

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First Published: Oct 19 2015 | 12:55 PM IST

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