Indian troops fire pellets on protesters in Badgam,many injured.

ISLAMABAD -- In Indian Occupied Kashmir, several people were injured as Indian troops and police used brute force on peaceful protesters in Badgam district.

According to reported, the killing of a civilian youth, Mehrajuddin Shah, by the troops at Kawoosa in the district, triggered massive protests in the area. The troops martyred the youth by opening fire on his vehicle on Wednesday.

Despite restrictions hundreds of men and women took to the streets, chanting slogans like 'Go India go back' and 'We want freedom'.

Indian troops and police personnel fired pellet and teargas shells on the protesters, injuring several of them including a 21-year-old girl. The injured girl as per the eye witnesses was shifted to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar after she sustained pellet injuries in her eye.

Locals said that Indian policemen chased the...