Ten people were killed in an explosion and gunfights in occupied Kashmir on Monday but voting in two parliamentary constituencies in the restive region passed off relatively unscathed, occupation police said.
Earlier, election rounds in other four constituencies of occupied Kashmir were marred by separatist violence and boycotts.
Occupation police said that Monday's election-related violence occurred when suspected freedom fighters attacked a polling booth in Udhampur-Doda constituency, which left a civilian injured.
A spokesman of occupation police said that one person was killed and 12 injured in a grenade explosion triggered by suspected freedom fighters in a busy market in the northern town of Sopore. He said that two of the injured were Indian border guards and the others were civilians.
"The dead was a retired government official," the spokesman said, adding that he had been a functionary of the party ruling the region, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Occupation police said that suspected freedom fighters on Monday shot dead three people, including a policeman in separate incidents in the districts of Anantnag, Srinagar and Poonch.
An occupation trooper was killed and another injured during a gunfight with freedom fighters in the northern district of Baramulla overnight, occupation police said, adding a Muslim girl was also killed in the cross-fire between the two sides.
In another incident, occupation troops shot dead four freedom fighters in three separate gunfights overnight and on Monday in the districts of Kupwara, Pulwama and Udhampur, the spokesman said.
The parliamentary vote in Kashmir, as with the rest of India, has been taking place in stages since April 20. Monday marked the final round, with counting and results expected on Thursday.
During the entire electioneering period, some 20 people were killed and nearly 150 injured in attacks on political rallies in occupied Kashmir, according to occupation police figures.
Comments
Comments are closed.