Class 11 Boy Dies Nearly Month After Protest In Srinagar Over Article 370 Move, Army Denies Pellet Injury

A Srinagar youth has succumbed to injuries he received during clashes in Jammu and Kashmir over the Narendra Modi government’s decision to scrap the special status of the state and divide it into two Union Territories — J&K and Ladakh.CNN-News18’s senior correspondent in Srinagar, Mufti Islah, reported that the boy, a Class XI student, was injured in pellet gun firing after a procession was taken out in Soura area on August 6 or 7, immediately after the Parliament passed the repeal of special status. The pellet, according to sources, hit the boy in the eye and he was taken to the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, where he remained over the last month before succumbing to his injuries on Tuesday night. His body was taken back to his house in Ilahi Bagh area in downtown Srinagar and he was buried.