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Pakistani flags raised again in J-K, protesters clash with cops

May 22, 2015 16:33 IST

Violence once again erupted in the Kashmir Valley when a group of people began to wave Pakistan and terror group Lashkar-e-Tayiba flags.

The protesters threw stones at the security officials following which violence broke out in the area. Photograph: Umar Ganie/Rediff.com

Protests erupted and the youth clashed after Friday prayers in the old city Jamia Masjid area.

Supporters of Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq were angry after he was placed under house arrest on Wednesday in an attempt to foil his march to Eidgah grounds on Thursday to commemorate the death anniversary of his father Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq and separatist leader Abdul Gani Lone. Terrorists had shot dead Lone on May 21, 2002 during a commemoration rally for Moulvi Mohammad Farooq.

Pakistani flags and anti-Indian chants broke out during the protests. Photograph: Umar Gani/Rediff.com

Scores of people, mostly youth took to streets in the Nowhatta area of the old city were the mosque is located and waved Pakistan and LeT flags and chanted anti-India slogans.

The violence broke out in the Nowhatta area of the old city. Photograph: Umar Ganie/Rediff.com

They also indulged in stone pelting on the police and paramilitary, central reserve police force troops.

Security forces retaliated by firing tear gas at the protesters. Photograph: Umar Ganie/Rediff.com

The security forces responded by firing teargas and lathi charged the protesters to disperse the crowd and bring the situation under control. 

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar