Phagwara: A moolnivasi youth, who was critically injured in firing by Hindutva groups on the issue of renaming chowk in Phagwara on April 13, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital last night.
Yashwant alias Bobby (19) was critically injured as a bullet reprotedly fired by Hindutva activists had hit him in head during April 13 clash.
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His body was sent to Phagwara on Sunday morning after postmortem by doctors under tight police security.
The leaders carried his stretcher on their shoulder for more than half-an-hour on Banga Road amid sloganeering and demanding immediate naming of Gol Chowk as Samvidhan Chowk and even placing a memorial of Bobby at the point, notes a report in The Tribune (TT).
A report by news agency UNI notes that more than 3000 police personnel are deployed in Phagwara city.
The Ludhiana-Jalandhar main road was also closed in wake of tensions at Phagwara.
The government has also suspended Mobile Internet and SMS services in Doaba region.