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Bandipora
Woman among 7 killed, 186 injured in troopers action16 children rendered orphans, three persons lose limbs
Mir TariqBandipora, Sept 22: After the eruption of the mass uprising in the Valley, at least seven persons including a woman were killed while 186 others injured in police and troopers action in this newly created North Kashmir district. At least 16 children were rendered orphans while three persons lost their limbs in the trooper’s action.On August 11, army and paramilitary CRPF personnel fired on unarmed protesters at Paribal, Sopore. The protestors, who belonged to Ashtagoo, Khenusa and Aloosa villages were marching towards Bandipora when they were fired on by the troopers.
Three protestors Ali Muhammad Khanday, Muhammad Shafi Ganai and Mumtaz Ahmed Bhat of Aloosa were killed on spot while Merahjudin Khan of Aloosa died after para-military CRPF personnel fired on the ambulance carrying him to hospital at Parimpora.Eyewitnesses said that one among them, Mumtaz Ahmad was a lineman of Power Development Department (PDD). “He was killed by troopers in Bandipora while he was rectifying a fault in an electricity pole. The troopers killed him on the suspicion of being a protestor. He was not a protestor but was repairing fault on electricity pole. The protestors were marching through the area and the troopers fired indiscriminately on the PDD lineman killing him on spot,” they saidOn August 25, two persons including a woman were killed during a day-long protests in Hajin, Sonawari when police and CRPF men fired indiscriminately on unarmed protestors, who defied the curfew restrictions. The unarmed protestors tried to march towards Lal Chowk, Srinagar.One of the protestors Javeed Ahmed PAhloo of Saderkoot was shot on forehead when he was trying to pacify the protestors. Two persons Bashir Ahmed Bhar and Naseema Begum of Hajin received critical bullet firing in the CRPF action and succumbed to injuries a day later at SHMS, Srinagar.Sixteen children were rendered orphans as they lost one of their parents during the firing in Bandipora.More than 186 persons including 11 women, nine policemen and three minors were injured in various clashes between cops and protesters in Bandipora district during the agitation and curfew days. Among the injured women, Saleema Begum, 50 and Rifat Ara, 39 are still battling for life in SMHS Srinagar."Police and CRPF troopers showered bullets on a group of women, who were looking for injured persons on roads in Hajin," said an eyewitness.Officials in District Hospital Bandipora told Rising Kashmir that 67 injured were treated in the hospital.A doctor pleading anonymity said that the doctors in the hospital treated injured persons, who were hit by bullets on abdomen or legs. "Few injured had received bullets on shoulders and backside. Legs of three of the injured were amputated,” he said.Locals alleged that during the curfew days 29 shops were looted and three mosques desecrated by the CRPF troopers in Hajin and Aloosa areas. “23 shops were looted in Khwaja market Hajin by the troopers when people were facing bullets. The cops also barged into Jamia Masjid and broke loud speakers and stabilizers and threw matting out of the mosque,” said a shopkeeper, Ghulam Nabi.He further alleged that four shops were looted in Aloosa while the troopers smashed window panes of 30 houses in ward 2 Gousia Mohalla, Bandipora.An elderly person Ghulam Hassan Bhat said, “I have not seen such brutality in my life. The troopers used brutal force to quell peaceful demonstrations. They fired indiscriminately on unarmed men, women and children during protest demonstrations.”