Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed deep anguish and shock over the death of a tourist from Chennai in stone pelting in the central Kashmir district of Badgam.

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She met the family members of the deceased tourist and expressed solidarity with them in this time of grief.

“My head hangs in shame,” J&K CM said.

The shocking incident happened on a day when the Valley was observing total shutdown following a call of separatist leaders against the militant and civilian killings in Shopian. 

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The victim identified as 22-year-old R Thirumani from Chennai was hit in the head by a stone when the vehicle he along with his family was travelling in between Srinagar and Kashmir’s premier resort of Gulmarg was caught in the clash between a stone-pelting crowd and the security forces at Narabal on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar. 

Four other persons including a girl from Handwara area of frontier Kupwara district were injured in the incident, the police sources said.

This is the first incident of a tourist dying due to stone pelting in the Valley.