Dozens of people were beaten and houses were allegedly ransacked during nocturnal raids in Padshahi Bagh, area of Srinagar as 8 persons were arrested.
Residents of Padshahi Bagh told that government forces barged into the residential houses and started beating the inmates.
They alleged that forces beat even women and elderly citizens resulting in nocturnal protests after people were appealed from local mosque loudspeaker to come on streets.
Locals said that government forces had come to revenge people for organising a women’s rally earlier in the day.