J&K: Clashes erupts between security forces, protestors in Srinagar

Eid festivities in a few sections of Jammu and Kashmir were damaged by savagery on Wednesday.

Substantial conflicts occurred between security forces and protestors in Anantnag, provoking authorities to depend on teargas shelling.

The violence reportedly erupted after the stone pelters started attacking security forces. No losses of life have been accounted for up until now.

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In Srinagar, people were seen waving national flag of Pakistan and flag of ISIS on Wednesday morning.

Ahead of Eid celebrations, top police and CRPF officials visited the south Kashmir district of Anantnag on Monday and reviewed security situation there.

In view of Eid celebrations, the officials in Anantnag were directed that market checking in the areas be intensified and those found indulging in malpractices be appropriately booked so that the common masses do not suffer.

Earlier in the day, militants killed Special Police Officer (SPO) Fayaz Ahmad in Zazripora village in Jammu and Kashmir`s Shopian district.

"He was shifted to a hospital where the doctors said he was dead on arrival," the police said.

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) affiliate, Shabir Ahmed Bhat, was shot also dead by terrorists in the wee hours of Wednesday. The BJP affiliate was a resident of Rakh-e-litter village in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.