Kashmir is tense again. This time over the death of a young trucker who succumbed to his injuries at Delhi's Safdarjung hospital after a group of goons set ablaze his truck following rumours that three cows were killed in the area.

Body of Zahid Rasool Bhat | Source: Shahid Ahmed

Zahid Rasool Bhat, 18, of Batengoo village in Anantnag (Islamabad) district — a class 10th student — became a victim of murderous assault by goons who attacked the truck he was accompanying, in Udhampur district of Jammu region on October 9. Zahid had suffered over 60 per cent burns.

The truck conductor, Showkat Ahmad was also injured in the attack and is undergoing treatment at Safdarjung hospital while the driver, Rameez Ahmad, managed to escape from the spot.

The separatist leaders in protest against the gruesome killing have called for a valley wide shutdown on Monday. Thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of Zahid at his native village.

Police and paramilitary forces  deployed in all the sensitive areas | Source: Gowhar Ahmed