A tourist from Chennai was killed and a local woman injured in an incident of throwing of stones at Narbal on the Srinagar-Gulmarg road in Baramulla district on Monday evening.
An official said R. Thirumani Selvan, son of Rajavel of Chennai, died at the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in Srinagar. He was hit on the nose and the forehead. He was in Srinagar with his parents and sister.
Sabreena, 19, from Handwara, suffered multiple injuries and is undergoing treatment.
The police said protesters attacked several vehicles with rocks. “Several vehicles were damaged in throwing of stones by protesters,” a police official said.
“Investigations have started to identify the culprits involved in the incident,” he said.
The Kashmir Valley was observing a shutdown on Monday in protest against the deaths on Sunday of five protesters in clashes with security forces during an encounter in Shopian.
Terming the attack on the tourist “highly condemnable”, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who met the family from Chennai in the hospital, directed the authorities to provide all assistance to shift the body to Chennai.
Widespread criticism
Regional parties and several civil society members condemned the attack on the tourist, the second such incident in a fortnight.
“Let’s try and wrap our heads around the fact that we stoned a tourist, a guest, to death while we glorify these stone-throwers and their methods,” said National Conference working president Omar Abdullah.
