The angry mob attacked on Mohammad Khalil Bandh and turned over his vehicle when he was on his way to Srinagar.
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Ruling PDP MLA from Pulwama, Muhammad Khalil Bandh, was critically hurt after his vehicle that he was boarding turned turtle in Prichoo area of Pulwama district.
According to reports, Bandh received injuries’ in the attack and has been admitted to hospital. His condition was stated to be critical.
Soon after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani at Kokernag, protesters had also attacked a building belonging to a PDP legislator.
After Burhan’s death, Kashmir is on boil and about 40 people have been killed and over 3000 including 1600 civilians injured in clashes between youth and security men during protests.
Authorities have imposed a blanket ban on newspapers, asking their editors and owners not to publish till July 19. Normal life remained paralysed due to separatist sponsored strike, which has now been extended till July 22.
A report in NDTV.com said that his vehicle turned upside down when a group of protestors attacked it.
He said the decision to continue the curfew was taken to maintain law and order in view of clashes at some places and couple of places in the city yesterday.
Closure of the strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway for over a week has caused shortage of essential items in the valley.
While mobile telephony, except BSNL mobiles, is suspended across Kashmir for the past eight days, the mobile Internet services have also been downed across the Valley. Separatist leaders continue to remain under house arrest and preventive detention in summer capital Srinagar.
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The central government has rushed another 20 companies of paramilitary forces to assist the state in quelling the street unrest.
