<p class="title">A protester died after being chased by police during a curfew in Srinagar, a police official said on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The death was confirmed by police after the government passed a presidential decree on Monday stripping the Muslim majority state of its longstanding semi-autonomous privileges.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Despite a paralysing curfew, imposed to head off unrest, sporadic protests have been reported by residents in Srinagar.</p>.<p id="page-title"><strong>Kashmir LIVE | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/liveblog/kashmir-live-president-declares-abrogation-of-provisions-of-article-370-752128.html" target="_blank">President declares abrogation of provisions of Article 370</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that in one incident a youth being chased by police "jumped into the Jhelum river and died."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident happened in Srinagar's old town which has become a hotbed of anti-India protests during the three-decade-long insurgency in Kashmir that has left tens of thousands dead.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A source told AFP that at least six people have been admitted to hospital in Srinagar with gunshot wounds and other injuries from protests.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police insist that Kashmir has been mainly peaceful since the curfew was imposed at midnight on Sunday.</p>
<p class="title">A protester died after being chased by police during a curfew in Srinagar, a police official said on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The death was confirmed by police after the government passed a presidential decree on Monday stripping the Muslim majority state of its longstanding semi-autonomous privileges.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Despite a paralysing curfew, imposed to head off unrest, sporadic protests have been reported by residents in Srinagar.</p>.<p id="page-title"><strong>Kashmir LIVE | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/liveblog/kashmir-live-president-declares-abrogation-of-provisions-of-article-370-752128.html" target="_blank">President declares abrogation of provisions of Article 370</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that in one incident a youth being chased by police "jumped into the Jhelum river and died."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident happened in Srinagar's old town which has become a hotbed of anti-India protests during the three-decade-long insurgency in Kashmir that has left tens of thousands dead.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A source told AFP that at least six people have been admitted to hospital in Srinagar with gunshot wounds and other injuries from protests.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police insist that Kashmir has been mainly peaceful since the curfew was imposed at midnight on Sunday.</p>