Day after Pampore encounter, protests erupt in Kashmir

February 23, 2016 18:53

People took to streets and pelted stones on security forces at several places of Kashmir, including Pampore where a 48-hour gunbattle between three terrorists and army ended yesterday.

The protests and clashes were reported from Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian districts besides Pulwama district where Pampore is located, and shops and business establishments remained closed in several parts over the killing of the terrorists, officials said.

The gunbattle left five securitymen, including two army captains, dead along with three terrorists who were holed up inside the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Building building located along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.

Even when the encounter was underway, hundreds of people in Pampore tried to march towards the site yesterday but were prevented by the security forces who used force to disperse them.

The protests today again erupted with the mobs indulging in stone-pelting on police and paramilitary forces who had been deployed in strength in the sensitive areas including district headquarters of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian to maintain law and order, officials said.

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