A 22-year-old tourist from Tamil Nadu died in Srinagar on Monday after being hit by stones hurled by miscreants in the outskirts of the town. He had suffered head injuries.
The tourist has been identified as R Thirumani, from Chennai. He was admitted to the Sher-e- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar in a serious condition where he succumbed to injuries later.
Reports said that he sustained injuries when the vehicle in which he was travelling from Gulmarg to Srinagar came under heavy attack by stone-pelters in Narbal.
A girl was also injured in the attack.
Police sources said some vehicles came under stone pelting, resulting in injuries to two people who were referred to hospital for treatment.
The police have registered a case under FIR Number 57/2018 under sections 148, 247, 307, 336 RPC at the Magam Police Station.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti went to the hospital late Monday evening and expressed grief to the father of the deceased tourist.
She tweeted later: “Concerted effort to bring our economy to halt, defame Kashmir and its people and dehumanise our society will be pushed back.”
Condemning the incident, former chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted: “We’ve killed a tourist by throwing stones at the vehicle he was travelling in. Let’s try and wrap our heads around the fact that we stoned a tourist, a guest, to death while we glorify these stone pelters & their methods.”
We’ve killed a tourist by throwing stones at the vehicle he was travelling in. Let’s try and wrap our heads around the fact that we stoned a tourist, a guest, to death while we glorify these stone pelters & their methods.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 7, 2018