CPI(M) activist killed in Kashmir, protest in Srinagar

Srinagar, Apr 28 (UNI) Militants shot dead a Communist Party of India (M) activist in south Kashmir late last night, official sources said today.

They said militants shot at and critically wounded a CPI(M) activist Mohammad Afzal Bhat at Sandoor, Kulgam, in south Kashmir district of Anantnag late last night. He was admitted to a hospital where he died this morning.

People, mostly women, took to the street at Dalgate in protest against the arrest of a youth, Ajaz Ahmad, by the Special Operation Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir police last night.

The demonstrators, who also blocked traffic on the busy main road, were demanding immediate release of the youth.

Normaly returned in the area after a senior police officer assured them that the youth would be released after proper verification.

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