Shutdown in Kashmir Valley over trucker's death, curfew clamped

October 19, 2015 09:09

JUST IN: Restrictions have been imposed in several areas of Kashmir on Monday to prevent the activities of separatists, who have called for a shutdown in the Valley after truck driver Zahid Rasool Bhat, who was being treated for serious burn injuries in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, died on Sunday.

Taking preventive measures, the state administration has clamped curfew in Srinagar where Bhatt's funeral will be held and other sensitive areas.

Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said the state government was to blame for Bhat's death as it failed to provide security to the truckers.

Zahid Bhat and another Kashmiri from Anantnag district, Showkat Ahmad Dar, 35, had sustained major injuries when a mob hurled a petrol bomb following beef rumours on their stationary truck at Udhampur on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.

The attack was carried out in Jammu's Udhampur after rumours that three cows were killed in the area. Zahid and his helper, Showkat, who were on their way to Srinagar, had to be moved to Delhi for treatment.

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