Summary Indian forces continued to impose strict curfew in the Kashmir Valley on 7th consecutive day.
SRINAGAR (Web Desk / AP) - Police say protests have erupted at several places in Indian-held Kashmir, even as authorities prevented tens of thousands of people from offering Friday prayers in big mosques with a lockdown in place for a seventh straight day.
Indian forces armed with automatic rifles and in riot gear fanned across villages and towns ordering residents to stay indoors.
However, police say protests hit dozens of places. At least nine persons were critically injured after Indian troops opened fire on peaceful protesters at Khaitan Kandi in Baramulla district. The injured were moved to a sub-district hospital Baramulla.
The largest protests in recent years erupted last weekend after Indian troops killed the popular, young leader of Hizbul Mujahideen group.
The clashes have killed at least 40 people.
Residents of Srinagar and other parts of Valley told media over phone that people were not being allowed to come out of their houses and were also being stopped from going to mosques for offering Friday prayers.
On the other hand, internet and cellular services were also snapped on Thursday evening.
In the wee hours of Friday morning the police seized newspapers from vendors in Lal Chowk and did not allow them to distribute the newspapers.
