Twenty persons, including women, were injured after forces fired pellets and teargas shells to break up a demonstration in Qazigund area of Anantnag on Tuesday.
Witnesses said that forces fired teargas shells and pellets on protesters in Vesu area of the district.
The rally was held by men and women as part of Hurriyat programme.
Twenty people, including several women, were injured.
They were shifted to a hospital for treatment, they said.