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SRINAGAR

Police and CRPF men clashed with dozens of protesting youths in Jogi Lanker area in Rainawari Srinagar on Friday.

Reports said that the police and CRPF men resorted to teargas shelling following protests by locals. “The infuriated forces entered into the houses and ransacked the valuables in the Jogi Lanker area,” they said.

The reports said that policemen entered one of the homes and harassed and beat up the inmates there.

“After the incident, men and women took to streets and shouted slogans against police and CRPF men,” the reports added.

“They entered into the homes and also injured a woman when she was sitting in her room,” locals alleged.

Local sources said that at least five civilians were injured when they were hit by pellets. One of the injured was shifted to Rainawari hospital and others were treated locally.

Reports added that the clashes spread to Kralyar and Mughal Mohalla in Rainawari area and they are going on at this time.

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