Srinagar
Kashmir: Security forces burst teargas shells to disperse demonstrators in Srinagar
Srinagar/UNI: The security forces on Thursday resorted to lathi charge and burst teargas shells to disperse slogan shouting demonstrators at Batamaloo area in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, where three militants were killed in an encounter.
A woman also died in the shootout while a CRPF officer was injured.
However, immediately after the encounter was over and security forces were leaving the area, demonstrators, mostly youth, hit the streets and pelted stones at security forces.
Security forces resorted to lathi charge and later burst teargas shells to disperse the demonstrators who were raising slogans.
Later, the situation was brought under control.
Situation elsewhere in the city was normal with shops and business establishments functioning and traffic plying on all routes.
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