Students, security forces clash in Srinagar

Security forces used tear smoke shells to chase away the protesters, clashes were going on when last reports came in.

Srinagar, April 17: Clashes broke out between security forces and agitating students near a college in Srinagar on Monday.

A group of students were holding a protest rally near Sri Pratap College on Moulana Azad Road close to the Lal Chowk city centre on Monday, a police official said. The security forces asked the protesters to disperse but they did not budge and started pelting stones on the forces, leading to clashes.

Students' groups had called for protests against the 'brutality perpetrated by forces on students' of Degree College Pulwama in south Kashmir, where clashes with security forces left many injured.

PTI