**India’s border force has said one of its constables may have been involved in the death of a 16-year-old boy in Indian-administered Kashmir.**Zahid Farooq was gunned down in the summer capital, Srinagar, last Friday.
A senior officer of the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) said that the constable had been suspended and handed over to the police.
The Muslim-dominated Kashmir valley saw days of protests recently over the killings of two teenage boys.
Zahid was the second teenager to be killed by police or paramilitaries in Srinagar in six days.
Earlier, a 13-year-old boy, Wamiq Farooq, was fatally hit on the head by a teargas shell fired by the police in central Srinagar.
Curfew
BSF officer PPS Sidhu has said an internal investigation had found “prima facie” evidence that one of their constables was involved in the death of Zahid Farooq.
The BBC’s Altaf Hussain in Srinagar says that it is unclear why the constable may have fired at the boy.
The killings led to widespread protests in Srinagar and other parts of the valley.
The authorities imposed a curfew for five days in the city to bring the situation under control.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Muslim-majority Kashmir, over which India and Pakistan both claim sovereignty and have fought two wars.
Our correspondent says that the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has drawn criticism from pro-India opposition and human rights groups for an increase in the killing of civilians by the security forces.
Mr Abdullah on Wednesday promised exemplary punishments to anyone found guilty of killing Zahid Farooq.