SRINAGAR: A policeman drowned when protestors pushed his vehicle into the Jhelum river from a bridge on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in south Kashmir district of Anantnag.
Jammu and Kashmir government chief spokesperson and Education Minister Naeem Akhtar said the driver of a police mobile bunker drowned when it was pushed into the river from a bridge at Sangam in Anantnag.
The body is yet to be fished out from the river, Mr Akhtar said, adding that three policemen are still missing since yesterday after a police station was attacked by a mob at D H Pora in south Kashmir district of Kulgam.
With this, the number of people, including a policeman, killed since violence erupted in Kashmir valley in the last 48 hours, following death of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, has risen to 17.
Meanwhile, more than 200 persons, half of them security and state police personnel, have been injured. About 50 civilians have received bullet and pellet injuries. (AGENCIES)
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