Stray bullet hits elderly woman in Budgam village, injured shifted to distt hospital

Budgam/Dec,11: Protests erupted on Fridayin Ichgam village of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district after a woman was hit by a stray bullet and shifted to district hospital Budgam.
Locals said firing range at old air field has become a nuisance for them alleging that stray bullets often hit roof tops, windows, water tanks in the area, but today one of the stray bullets hit in the leg of an elderly woman and was injured. “The injured woman identified as Fatima wife of late Ghulam Rasool Rather was shifted to District Hospital Budgam for treatment but her condition is stable”, they said, adding that ” locals had recently approached District Development Commissioner Budgam with a demand for relocating the firing range at the Airport”.
Locals hit streets and staged protest against the district administration. “We feel insecure here. You don’t know when stray bullet will hit you,” said the protesters.