The incident took place near famous Nishat Bagh when 16-year-old Zahid Farooq Shah was shot. He was taken to a
nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.
A teenaged boy was shot dead allegedly by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on the outskirts of the city, leading to fresh protests and prompting state authorities to constitute an enquiry into the incident.
The incident took place near famous Nishat Bagh when 16-year-old Zahid Farooq Shah was shot. He was taken to a
nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Terming the killing of the boy as "unfortunate", senior superintendent of Police (Srinagar) Riyaz Bedar said "the killing of the boy is a mystery. We have registered a case to identify the culprits."
Quoting eye-witnesses, he said some boys were sitting on the roadside when an unidentified security vehicle came and fired at them.
As his body was handed over to his family, a large number of people came out of their houses and joined the protests demanding stern action against the "erring" personnel.
Taking a serious note of the incident, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has ordered a high-level enquiry into the case and directed the director general of police to "immediately" move to Srinagar and "personally supervise" the probe.
The chief minister also instituted a high-level enquiry headed by divisional commissioner, Kashmir Naseema Lankar and asked it to submit a report within week bringing out the facts.
Omar expressed deep anguish on the killing of the young boy and has said that "incidents of unprovoked or innocent killings will not be tolerated and whosoever is involved in such killings will be brought to book and doled out exemplary punishment so that it becomes a lesson and deterrent for others as well".
He said the state government is committed to zero tolerance of human rights violations and his government will punish those who violate human rights.
The chief minister has also asked the entire administration to sensitise all ranks and files in the forces deployed in the state to exercise utmost restraint and not get provoked by the elements who want to disrupt peace and harmony.
Omar said his government will not allow disruptive elements to create law and order situation in the state but at the same time will not tolerate any kind of human rights violations.
The CRPF, however, denied that its personnel were involved in the killing. "None of our jawans opened fire. CRPF was neither deployed nor patrolling the area at the time of the incident," its spokesman P Tripathi said.
The killing of the boy comes at a time when the valley is on the boil since Sunday following the death of class VII student Wamik Farooq in alleged tear gas shelling by police.
Senior police and civil officials have rushed to the scene to pacify the protesters.
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