The medical records at the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on a deceased Srinagar youth, who the police claimed had succumbed to stone injuries sustained during a clash, show that he had suffered “multiple pellet perforations on the head and eye”.

The hospital’s records showed that Asrar Ahmad, a Class 11 student from Elahibagh, was admitted to the hospital at 6.46 p.m. on August 6, a day after the Centre revoked J&K’s special status. The X-ray report showed multiple pellets lodged inside the skull and eye socket.

The patient registration card showed that the patient was admitted as a surgical emergency and that the doctors examined him for all possibilities of injuries, including tear-smoke shell and pellets. The final report, which has mentioned the exact cause of death, could not be accessed immediately.

Ahmad’s uncle Mehraj-ud-Din had also suggested that his nephew, who was playing carrom at the time of the incident on August 6, was chased by the security forces, who were withdrawing from daytime deployment on the 90-feet area on the peripheries of Srinagar.

The medical records seem to contradict additional director general of police (ADGP) Muneer Khan’s statement that the youth died due to stone-pelting in the area. “There is not a single death in security forces action since August 5,” ADGP Khan had asserted.

Non-local shot

In another incident, a non-local labourer was shot at by unknown gunmen in north Kashmir’s Sopore on Wednesday evening.

Officials said Safi Alam, a mason, was hit by two bullets when unidentified gunmen looked for him and opened fire at Sopore’s Ahad Bab crossing. Preliminary reports suggest the non-local was hit in the leg and shoulder during the shooting.

Residents said a local woman, in whose house the mason was working, also intervened and pleaded before the gunmen not to open fire.

The injured man was shifted to a Srinagar hospital where he is stable, officials said.