Srinagar:
Curfew was clamped in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam town and more than two dozen villages after a woman, injured during clashes with the police on Wednesday, died today.
55-year-old Fatima of Dadina village in Badgam district was admitted to Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura in Srinagar with critical head injuries.
The body was sent to the village after postmortem was conducted at district hospital Budgam. People are demanding a case of murder should be registered against the cops accused for beating the woman.
Family and relatives of the woman claimed police had beaten her without any provocation when she was standing with other village women.
After news of her death spread authorities decided to clamp curfew in the district headquarters of Badgam. The area has already been tense where curfew had been imposed for the last four days due to clashes.
"Restrictions have been imposed in Badgam town as a precautionary measure while the situation is fast returning to normal in the district", a senior police officer said.