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, prompting tighter security in parts of the city of Srinagar fearing a reaction.

“He was reportedly injured with a blunt object in a law and order situation where a violent crowd was indulging in stone pelting,” Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh toldKhan had been admitted to Srinagar’s Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences with wounds to his head and was undergoing treatment in an intensive care ward, a government official said, declining to be named.

The Indian government flooded the Kashmir valley with troops, introduced movement restrictions and cut off most communication as Prime Ministerannounced the withdrawal of special rights for the Himalayan region on 5 August. There have been sporadic protests against Modi’s withdrawal of special status, which gave Kashmir more autonomy than any other Indian state, and security forces have used pellets and teargas to quell these.

 

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