The trouble started shortly after Friday prayers when youths, chanting pro-freedom slogans, took to the streets and hurled stones at police and paramilitary personnel.
At least seven persons were injured and several vehicles damaged today as police fired teargas shells and used batons to chase away a stone-pelting mob of pro-freedom protesters at Baramulla district headquarters in north Kashmir.
The trouble started shortly after Friday prayers when youths, chanting pro-freedom slogans, took to the streets and hurled stones at police and paramilitary personnel in the town, 55 km from here, official sources said.
The police initially used batons to disperse them but as it proved ineffective, they fired teargas shells to restore law and order and even arrested two youths.
At least seven persons were injured and several private vehicles were damaged in the clashes which spread to adjoining areas, the sources said, adding, one of the injured identified as Ghulam Jeelani Wani, who was hit by a teargas shell in the head was brought to Srinagar for specialized treatment and his condition was stated to be "critical".
The clashes, which brought normal activities to a halt with shopkeepers pulling down the shutters and all modes of transport going off the roads were still on when last reports came in, the sources said.
Groups of youth also indulged in stone-pelting on police in Sopore town, 52 km from here, after Friday prayers but no one was hurt in the subsequent clashes, the sources said, adding, the situation was brought under control by police who used batons to disperse the youth protesting the alleged highhandedness of CRPF in the aftermath of the recent militant attack which left four jawans dead.
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