A a few incident of stone-pelting and clashes between protestors and security forces were reported in the Valley.
Amid Eid-ul-Fitr was on Monday celebrated across Kashmir as people thronged mosques, shrines and Eidgahs for special prayers, a few incident of stone-pelting and clashes between protestors and security forces were reported in the Valley.
According to reports, the police were forced to use tear gas on the protesters, who were throwing stones at them.
Clashes between protestors and law enforcing agencies were reported from Sopore, Anantnag, Rajpora, Shopian towns and Safakadal area of the city.
There were no reports of anyone casualties in these clashes.
The authorities have placed top separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, under house arrest, fearing that their presence at large Eid gatherings could spark violence, the officials said.
JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik has been taken into preventive custody and lodged at Central Jail, Srinagar.
Last week, a deputy superintendent of police was stripped naked and stoned to death by an irate mob after he allegedly opened fire at a group of people, who caught him clicking pictures near a mosque in downtown area of Srinagar.
Following which, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti also warned mobs that the day police lose their patience, it will become difficult. "The police officer had not gone for his work, he had gone to protect the lives of people," she said.
The Chief Minister also said that if they (security forces) are treated like this, the old days may return when people will have to run seeing security force vehicles.
Meanwhile, Muslims from all walks of life started making a beeline to Eidgahs (prayer ground) or mosques for offering Eid prayers as a thanksgiving for the month-long fasting of Ramazan.
The biggest gathering was witnessed at Hazratbal shrine where more than 50,000 faithful offered prayers, officials said.
Big gatherings were also reported from Sonawar and Soura Shrines in the heart of the city, they said, adding that similar gatherings were held at all districts headquarters and major towns of the Valley.
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