Summary Indian troops have halted entrance of vehicles in the valley carrying food items for the Kashmiris.
SRINAGAR (Dunya News / AFP) - In occupied Kashmir, a youth was martyred in Srinagar due to teargas shell fired by Indian troops, reports and witnesses said, raising the death toll in the ongoing Kashmir Intifada to 83.
Irfan Ahmad, 25, of Fateh Kadal was killed at Malarata near Nowhatta when he was hit by a tear gas shell in his chest.
He succumbed at the SMHS hospital, official said.
Meanwhile, Indian authorities continued to impose curfew and other restrictions in the territory for the 45th consecutive day, Monday.
Restrictions under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPc) have also been imposed in Islamabad, Kulgam, Shopian, Pulwama, Pampore, Badgam, Sopore, Bandipora, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Handwara, Awantipora and Qaimoh towns, today, to maintain law and order in Kashmir Valley.
There is an acute shortage of commodities as a result of intervention by personnel of Indian armed forces in supply of food items as drivers of oil tankers and truck owners are given life threats by the men in uniform.
The blockade of supplies from outside to the landlocked valley is hitting the common hard in Kashmir.
On the other hand, All Parties Hurriyet Conference has announced to expedite the protests against India and has extended the strike till August 25.
The occupied territory is on the boil since the extra-judicial murder of the top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Burhan Wani, by Indian troops on July 8.
Atleast 83 people have been killed while over 80,00 injured so far in the firing of bullets, pallets, and teargas shells on peaceful protesters by Indian troops and police personnel
It is being termed as the worst violence to hit the Himalayan region since 2010.
Kashmir is split between India and Pakistan along a UN-monitored line of control, but both claim it in full and have fought two wars over its control.
Freedom fighters have fought Indian security forces in Kashmir since 1989 for the independence of the region or for it to be made part of Pakistan.
The conflict has left tens of thousands, mostly civilians, dead.
