Eid-ul-Aazha is being celebrated across Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. In the Kashmir valley the largest congregation was held at the historic Jamai Masjid in the Old City where thousand of people assembled. However, the day also saw protests in some parts of the Valley. Lens-men Syed Shahriyar show you some frames from the day
Clashes erupted between protesters and government forces in parts of Srinagar's Old City, eyewitnesses told Kashmir Dispatch here on Monday. They said, soon after Eid congregational prayers got over at various Mosques of the historic city, scores of youth marched through the streets and roads raising pro-freedom slogans.
The groups of youth were confronted by police and Central Reserve Police Force troopers, who were stationed in the area to thwart protests. The youth hurled stones at the forces triggering fierce clashes, they said. A youth was injured during stone-hurling protests that erupted after the Eid prayers in apple town of Sopore in North Kashmir, about 55 kilometers from here, an official said. Protests erupted soon after the Eid congregational prayers finished at the Jamia Masjid in the town as youth tried to march onto the the roads raising slogans.
Thousands of women and children also gathered at the grand Mosque.
Imam Hai led the people in Eid Prayers.
Scores of people, including top policemen, were wounded after clashes erupted between groups of youth and government forces in south Kashmir's Anantnag (Islamabad) town, soon after Eid congregational prayers got over, on Monday, sources said. They said clashes erupted in the Janglat Mandi area after groups of youth tried to march through the streets of the area, raising pro-freedom slogans. The youth clashed with a contingent of police and Central Reserve Police Force troopers. Senior Superintendent of Police RK Jalla, Superintendent of Police, Zahid Malik, Deputy Superintendent of Police Tanveer Jeelani, Station House Officer Liyaqat Khan were among the scores of policemen and and protesters who were injured in the clashes, sources said.
