Srinagar, 13th May: Shaista Hamid Malla a 19-year-old girl was brutally hit by pellets amid the clashes between the government and the civilians in Budgam.
According to reports, Shaista Hamid with her bandaged left eye was hit by pellets during the civilian killing yesterday, is in a lot of pain.
Earlier in the day, on Wednesday it was reported that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had killed a civilian in Kawoosa village of Kashmir’s Budgam district when he tried jumping the check-post in Narbal, Shopian. After his killing the boys fro the village threw stones at the government forces, which was retaliated by teargas shelling and metal-pellets.
“They [government forces] were running after the boys and firing pellets and I was inside my home,” recounts Malla, currently admitted at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital, Srinagar. “I didn’t step outside but a pellet hit me when I was on the porch with my family.”
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Shaista was badly hit by the pellet after which her eye and face started bleeding and she wasn’t able to see, as told by one of her friends. Her mother poured water over her face and an ambulance was called. Shaista was shifted to a hospital where she was given treatment.
From July 2016 to February 2019, metal pellets—which the Ministry of Home Affairs calls “non-lethal”—have killed at least eighteen people, blinded 139, injured 2,942, and caused eye injuries to 1,459.
Malla the eldest among her siblings is the first-year student at a Government Degree College and wants to complete her graduation. She will be operated upon tomorrow morning.
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