A 22-year-old man died as security forces opened fire on a stone-pelting mob in Rangreth area on the outskirts of Srinagar, police said on Friday.
A group of youth pelted the security forces vehicles with stones at Rangreth, a police official said.
The security personnel opened fire to chase away the protestors in which one person was injured.
Nazir Ahmad was rushed to SKIMS hospital at Soura in a critical condition where he succumbed on the intervening night of June 15 and 16, the official said.
(Feature image source: PTI)
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