Srinagar: Mysterious braid chopping incidents sparked protest at several places in Kashmir Valley on Saturday.
The female students of Government College for Women MA Road assembled in college premises and staged a protest against unabated braid chopping incidents.
Asking authorities to nab the culprits and expose these criminal elements, the protesting students raised slogans against braid cutting incidents. They alleged that police has miserably failed to nab the culprits and even those who are being captured by people are released after brief questioning.
Meanwhile in Chattabal area of Srinagar city intense clashes erupted after a braid chopping incident. The angry protesters hit to roads and pelted stones on government forces who responded with tear-smoke shelling. The clashes disrupted normal life there while shopkeepers downed their shutters.