SRINAGAR: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated across Kashmir on Monday as people thronged mosques, shrines and Eidgahs for special prayers but a few incident of stone-pelting and clashes between protestors and security forces were reported in the Valley.
Muslims from all walks of life started making a beeline to Eidgahs (prayer ground) or mosques for offering Eid prayers as a thanksgiving for the month-long fasting of Ramadan. The biggest gathering was witnessed at Hazratbal shrine where more than 50,000 faithful offered prayers, officials said.
The second largest gathering was held at the Eidgah in the old city in which more than 40,000 people participated. Big gatherings were also reported from Sonawar and Soura Shrines in the heart of the city, they said, adding that similar gatherings were held at all districts headquarters and major towns of the Valley.
Meanwhile clashes between protestors and security forces were reported from Sopore, Janglatmandi, Dooru Shahabad of Anantnag, Rajpora, Shopian towns, Palhallan area of north Kashmir and Safakadal area of the city. In Janglatmandi of Anantnag a freedom rally was also carried out by the people.
There are reports of dozens of injuries to protesters and security personnel’s during these clashes across the valley,
The authorities have placed top separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, under house arrest, fearing that their presence at large Eid gatherings could spark violence, the officials said.
JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik has been taken into preventive custody and lodged at Central Jail, Srinagar as the separatists leaders had planned for joint participation in the Eidgah prayers. Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz were put under house arrest.
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