Medical Report Says Kashmir Teen, A Topper And Kohli Fan, Died Of Shell And Pellet Injuries theprint.in

Seventeen-year-old Asrar Wani was an aspiring doctor, a class-topper and the ‘Virat Kohli’ of his neighborhood. But last week, he died at the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Srinagar due to injuries suffered in a shell blast a month ago, according to the death certificate accessed by ThePrint.

Last week, Munir Khan, the additional director general of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, had said Asrar died of “not a shell but stone injury”. But the death certificate states the cause of death as “pellet injury with shell blast injury with severe traumatic brain injury (operated for L decompressive craniectomy)”. He alleged that the CRPF then started shooting pellets at the youth and Asrar, who had gone to pick up the ball, got caught in the firing.