Nawab Bazaar youth found dead in Mumbai Protests, Clashes Erupt In Old City; Separatists, Mainstream Seek Probe Srinagar, July 14: Death of Kashmiri youth in Mumbai sparked off protestsand clashes inold Srinagar leaving half a dozen persons injured on Sunday. Parvez Ahmad Teli, a resident of Kalamdanpora, Nawab Bazaar, according to family sources had left home for Goa via Mumbai on July 2. Till July 6, Parvez was in Mumbai. Family sources said Parvez was working as a salesman in Bangalore for the past eight years. Soon after Parvezwent missing, one of his brothers left for Mumbai toa seek his whereabouts. According to local news agency KNS, the family members alleged that there were torture marks on the body of Parvez. Sources said that Parvez and his friends had bought tickets at Mumbaito move to Goa by bus. However, according to his friends,once they reached the Bus Terminal, Parvez left to buy cigarettes, but did not return. His friends lodged a missing report with Police Station Dicer. His body was found in Mumbai onJuly 9 near a gate of Boriwali Railway Station. As the news of Parvez’s death spreadin Srinagar, hundreds of people in parts of old city took to streets and staged protest demonstrations against his death.The protestors alleged that Parvezwas murdered. The protestors attacked Police Station Nowhatta and a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp at Fateh Kadal. Protests were also reported from Bohri Kadal and some other parts of old city. To disperse the protestors, the forcesburst tear smoke shells and also usedpellets. Nawab Bazaar and its adjoining areas observed a completeshutdown. Report said when the body of Parvezreached his home in Kalamdanpora thousands of people were present and were chanting anti-establishment slogans. Speaking to Greater Kashmir, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Abdul Ghani Mir said thatheis himself in touch with MumbaiPolice. “I am in touch Police Commissioner Mumbai and police station where the incident has taken place. Investigations are being carried out to ascertain the cause of Parvez’s death,” he said. Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani expressed shock andsorrow over the mysterious death of Parvez. He has suspected the hand of communal elements and secret agencies behind the killing. In a statement Geelani said that though people in Kashmir with their unique hospitality greet visitors and Yatris and take due care of them, however, “India in turn sends the dead bodies of ouryouth.” “This is the 3rd such incident this year when the dead body of a Kashmiri youth killed in mysterious circumstances outsidethe state was returned,” the statement said. Geelani has urged for inquiry by an impartial organization. “The family of the deceased had informed police in time and sought their help, however police did not care aboutit and no effective action in this regard was initiated,” the statement said. Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed serious concern over what he termedcold-blooded murder of Parvez Ahmad Teli. In a statement Mirwaiz said that APHC has time and again raised alarm that Kashmiri students and traders working outside the state are not safe. He said earlier alsoKashmiris traders and students have been murdered under mysterious conditions. “It was the duty of the government to provide security and safety to the traders and students working outside Kashmir,” he said. A protest demonstration was led by senior Hurriyat leader Zaffar Akbar Bhat against the killing of Parvez Ahmed Teli. Zaffar participated in Nimaz-e-Jinaza anddemanded impartial probe to bring the killers tojustice. A delegation of JKLF led by senior leader Noor Muhammad Kalwal participated in Nimaz-e-Jinaza of Parvez Ahmad Teli. JKLF spokesman in a statement said the delegation also included Bashir Ahmad Kashmiri, Mushtaq Ahmad Gabroo, Shahid Makaya and Moulana Imtiaz Ahmad Meanwhile, addressing a public gathering at Bichoora, Kulgam, chairman Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmad Shah, Chairman Muslim Conference Shabir Ahmad Dar, Chairman Islamic Political Party (JK) Muhammad Yousuf Naqash, Chairman JKLF (H) Javaid Ahmad Mir, General Secretary Freedom Party Muhammad Abdullah Tari and Freedom Party leader Muhammad Yaseen Ataayi condemned the “brutal killing” of Parvez Ahmad Teli. They said that Kashmiris are not safe in India. They held protest demonstration at Yari Pora Kulgam against the “killing”. Speaker, J&K Legislative Assembly, Mubarak Gul expressed his deep sorrow over the sad demise of Parvez Ahmad Teli. Gul expressed sympathies with the bereaved familyand prayed for the eternal peace to the departed soul. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded probe into the “mysterious” death of Parvez Ahmed Teli. In a statement, PDP chief spokesmanNaeem Akthar said thegovernment of Maharashtra should conduct a thorough probeas such incidents result in m
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