Intense clashes between the government forces and protesters erupted in Palhalan area of Pattan in Baramulla district on Saturday.
The clashes according to local sources started soon after a pro-freedom function ended at the local martyr’s graveyard.
Protesters were chased away in the beginning however they re-assembled and started pelting rocks on the men in uniform, they said.
Clashes were going on amid heavy tear gas shelling and pellet firing when reports last came in.