“The forces targeted my son with pellets without any provocation. He had pellet injuries on his face, skull and left eye,” said Firdous Ahmad Khan, Asrar’s father.
Srinagar: The family of the young student from Srinagar’s Elahibagh locality who passed away contested claims by security forces that the cause of death was a “stone injury”. They say that Asrar Ahmad had been battling for his life for a month in a city hospital after being hit by pellets.
“The forces targeted my son with pellets without any provocation. He had pellet injuries on his face, skull and left eye,” said Firdous Ahmad Khan, Asrar’s father.
A Class 11 student, Asrar succumbed to his injuries late on Tuesday (September 4) evening at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), the Valley’s premier hospital.
He was buried the next morning in a local graveyard, hours after authorities reimposed restriction in Downtown Srinagar to prevent protests.
Asrar’s patient registration card ay SKIMS
According to his friends and family, the 18-year-old boy was injured on the evening of August 6, when paramilitary forces hit him with pellets while he was playing with friends outside his house.
Asrar’s father Firdous showed The Wire photographs and medical records, including an x-ray scan and hospital registration card, to prove that his son died of pellet injuries.
