Clashes between students and security forces were witnessed on Wednesday in Budgam district of Kashmir, disrupting normal life, officials said. Students of Government Boys Higher Secondary School boycotted their classes and tried to take out a rally in Budgam town to demand release of students arrested during student agitation over the past fortnight, the officials said. No one was injured in the clashes which, however, resulted in disruption in business activities and traffic movement in the town, the officials said. A police raid on government degree college Pulwama on April 15 had triggered widespread protests by students across Kashmir on April 17 which have been going on intermittently since then. A number of students have been arrested during clashes in Srinagar and elsewhere in the valley.

Source: Hindustan Times May 03, 2017 14:37 UTC