A report from southern Shopian said that five persons were wounded when security forces fired pellet guns to quell protesters in the district’s Imam Sahib area on Sunday afternoon.The chief minister, accompanied by senior government officials, visited the centre where the State’s Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) was conducting examinations for pre-medical and pre-engineering admissions. “The proponents of violent protests in Kashmir must also engage in dialogue to resolve the issues instead of perpetuating violence which has only brought death and destruction on their own people,” she said.An obscure outfit calling itself ‘Sangbaaz Association Jammu and Kashmir, Azad Kashmir’ has named a few business establishments including a departmental store, a tea-shop and a bank warning them to desist from violating the shutdown calls or face consequences.

She said there are instances in the history where various nations and communities including China Air spray gun the Palestinians didn’t allow the education of their children to suffer amid conflicts and wars. “Those who have other ideology should also feel the pain of the younger generation getting affected. Similar threatening posters and leaflets have surfaced in the name of some known militant and separatist outfits in south Kashmir. It has also asked girls not to move out on their scooties or two-wheelers or these would be burnt down along with them. Three residents including a woman had been shot at by security forces during a protest at Imam Sahib on Saturday. But when she came out of her car, many parents waiting for their wards outside the premises booed at her and began chanting pro-freedom and anti government slogans.