Shopian, Jan 12: Several people were injured when police in a bid to quell protests against it lobbed tear smoke shells and shot warning rounds in air to disperse the protesters on Tuesday.
 Eyewitnesses said that the trouble began when the additional deputy commissioner, Shopian was conducting marketing checking in the Main Chowk while some policemen were accompanying him and youth threw fire pot on one of them.
 “A youth caught hold of a policeman and hurled a Kangri on him. More youth assembled and shouted that he was the same police who used to torture the arrested youth for being the part of the protests during the agitation against rape and murder of Asiya and Neelofar,” said the eyewitness.
 Later a contingent of police resorted to tear gas shelling and fired several rounds in the air to quell the angry protesters. But the protesters offered a stiff resistance.
 They also pelted stones on the police station. Meanwhile, all the shops remained closed in the after the protests.

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