Stone pelting rocked Palhallan area of North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Friday, even as terrorists broke the cordon and gave slip to the security forces.

The incident occurred in the wee hours when security forces cordoned off Tantraypora in Palhallan after receiving specific intelligence inputs about the presence of the terrorists.

When the security forces were busy cordoning the area, terrorists present in the village opened indiscriminate fire on the search party before making good their escape under the cover of darkness. Sources said there was information of two local terrorists hiding in the area when security forces cordoned off the area.

"Information about presence of terrorists in Tantaraypora, Palhalan was received and accordingly a joint operation was launched in the area. While the cordon was being established and civilians being evacuated from the area, terrorists fired indiscriminately and managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness," said a J&K police spokesman.

Soon after, violent protests rocked the area with dozens of youth taking to streets pelting stones and bricks on the security forces detachments. Forces used cane-charge and fired teargas shells to disperse the stone pelting mobs.

Train services from Baramulla to Srinagar was also suspended as a precautionary measure.

The incident came 24 hours after terrorists opened fire at the main gate sentry post of 185 battalion CRPF at Panzgam village in South Kashmir's Awantipora area without causing any damage.

The incident occurred on Thursday evening when terrorists resorted to stand alone fire at the main gate of the camp. The alert sentry immediately retaliated forcing the terrorists to retreat. Immediately, security forces rushed in reinforcements and started search operation to track down the terrorists responsible for the incident.