The celebrations of Eid al-Adha was marred by violence in parts of Jammu and Kashmir when stone-pelters came out on the streets and waved flags of Pakistan and dreaded terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Wednesday, reported news agency ANI.
Clashes erupted between stone pelting youths and the security forces in Srinagar's Eidgah area immediately after the Eid prayers ended, police said.
The security forces used tear smoke shells to disperse the protesters. The police said a youth sustained a pellet injury in his right eye and was being treated at a hospital in Anantnag town.
In another incident, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah was heckled during Eid prayers at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, reported agencies.
Dozens of youth also hurled shoes and disrupted the congregation forcing the former leader to leave the prayer ground.
Meanwhile, a policeman was reportedly shot dead by terrorists outside an Eidgah in Kulgam's Zazripora, when he was leaving after offering prayers.
Similar protests occurred in Anantnag, Sopore and Kupwara towns.
Earlier in May, a tourist from Chennai had lost his life in stone-pelting, a few days after the vehicle of a district judge from Bengaluru, who was on a holiday with his family, was pelted with stones. Around the same time, a bus carrying school students was also attacked by unruly stone-pelters in Zawoora village of Shopian district.
The rampant incidents of stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir have become a matter of concern for the state administration, with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman condemning the same, saying that although the armed forces cannot be held responsible for being firm with terrorists, it is extremely important to ensure safer movement of tourists to restore normalcy.