Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- Nearly four decades after a bomb blast at an exhibition ground in Srinagar claimed the life of a 22-year-old mechanic, a local court has ordered the Jammu and Kashmir government to pay Rs 3.24 lakh in compensation to his family, along with interest.
The 2nd Additional District Judge, Srinagar, Swati Gupta, while pronouncing the judgment yesterday in the long-pending case, held the state vicariously liable for negligence in ensuring the safety of visitors at the exhibition where the blast occurred on October 13, 1985.
The victim, Avis Ahmed Shah, son of Mohammad Yousuf Shah of Safa Kadal, suffered fatal injuries in the explosion near 'Radha Theatre' inside the exhibition ground. He succumbed at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute...