SRINAGAR: One person was killed and another injured in fresh violence in Kashmir, even as normal life remained disrupted for the 25th consecutive day today due to strike called by separatists and curfew imposed by the authorities in some parts of the Valley.
With this the death toll has gone up to 50.
One person was killed and another injured when the personal security guard of a senior Government official opened fire to ward off a mob which was trying to set ablaze the vehicle of the official, police said.
The incident took place at Lethpora area of Pulwama district on Srinagar-Jammu national Highway at around 8.30 pm, the police official said.
He said the Government official, identified as Baburam, was stopped by a mob when he was on his way to Ramban in Jammu division and asked to alight from the vehicle.
As soon as the official and his personal security guard got off the vehicle, the mob tried to set it ablaze prompting the security personnel to open fire. (AGENCIES)
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