Srinagar, Sep 19 (UNI) Security forces burst teargas shells and arrested dozens of Shia mourners on Wednesday to foil the Muharram procession in the summer capital, Srinagar on the eighth day of Muharram.
A large number of mourners who had come from different parts of the city had assembled at Batamaloo. However, when they tried to march towards civil lines, security forces and state police personnel deployed in the area immediately swung into action. When the mourners, raising slogans refused to disperse, the security forces resorted to lathicharge. Later, dozens of mourners were taken into custody.
Despite restrictions, Shia mourners gathered at Dalgate, TRC and Moulana Azad road trying to take out a procession and march towards Imambara. However, security forces and police resorted to lathicharge and later burst teargas shells to disperse them.
Muharram processions have been banned in the city since 1989 for security reasons.
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