<div align="justify">A day after a youth was killed in Batamaloo area of Srinagar, BSF on Sunday said that security personnel fired in order to prevent snatching of rifle by stone pelters.<br /><br />“An internal inquiry into the allegations of firing, which led to the death of a youth has prima-facie revealed that our men fired at Batmaloo leading to the unfortunate death of the youth,” BSF spokesman told reporters here.<br /><br />He said the incident occurred when a small convoy of BSF was passing through the area and came under stone pelting. “Some youths attempted to snatch a service rifle from one of our jawan which prompted his colleagues to fire few aerial shots. But unfortunately one of the bullet hit the youth who died,” the spokesman said.<br /><br />The BSF while regretting the incident said that apart from their internal inquiry, they were ready to cooperate with the state police investigation.<br /><br />Meanwhile, sources said, police have approached the BSF authorities and urged them to handover the accused personnel to it. Pertinently, 23-year-old Sajjad Hussain Sheikh was killed on Sunday evening after BSF men from 38 Battalion opened fire upon a group of youth near Reck Chowk in congested Batmaloo.</div>
<div align="justify">A day after a youth was killed in Batamaloo area of Srinagar, BSF on Sunday said that security personnel fired in order to prevent snatching of rifle by stone pelters.<br /><br />“An internal inquiry into the allegations of firing, which led to the death of a youth has prima-facie revealed that our men fired at Batmaloo leading to the unfortunate death of the youth,” BSF spokesman told reporters here.<br /><br />He said the incident occurred when a small convoy of BSF was passing through the area and came under stone pelting. “Some youths attempted to snatch a service rifle from one of our jawan which prompted his colleagues to fire few aerial shots. But unfortunately one of the bullet hit the youth who died,” the spokesman said.<br /><br />The BSF while regretting the incident said that apart from their internal inquiry, they were ready to cooperate with the state police investigation.<br /><br />Meanwhile, sources said, police have approached the BSF authorities and urged them to handover the accused personnel to it. Pertinently, 23-year-old Sajjad Hussain Sheikh was killed on Sunday evening after BSF men from 38 Battalion opened fire upon a group of youth near Reck Chowk in congested Batmaloo.</div>
