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Tension grips Srinagar, four killed in J&K

Four persons, including two militants and a bank manager, were killed in Jammu and Kashmir since Wednesday while tension gripped parts of Srinagar's busy business centres following the killing of a youth allegedly by Special Operations Group personnel Thursday.

Official sources said police picked up the body of an auto-driver Bilal Ahmad Khan from the bypass road in Srinagar which sparked strong protests in the business centres of Srinagar including Maharajbazar, Gonikhan, Hari Singh high street, Saraibala, Magermalbagh and parts of Amirakadal.

Khan, a resident of Maharajbazar, was reportedly killed by some SOG personnel who had boarded his auto and directed him to drive towards the bypass where he was shot dead. The residents demanded an inquiry into the incident.

People of the area and adjoining localities took to streets soon after the body was handed over. The angry demonstrators pelted stones on vehicles on Magermalbagh road leading to Srinagar airport disrupting traffic.

An official spokesman said two unidentified militants were killed in a fierce encounter with Rashtriya Rifles at Hakpathri in Kupwara district in the wee hours of Thursday.

He said police picked up a body from Upper Bazar in Qazigund area of Anantnag district in south Kashmir Thursday. The identity card recovered from the deceased revealed his name as Mohammad Altaf, branch manager of a local bank.

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