Srinagar: Clashes broke out on Saturday between youngsters and security forces in several areas of Srinagar and Anantnag district soon after Eid prayers, even as Pakistani flags were hoisted in an interior locality of the city, police said.

No one was hurt in these incidents.

A group of youths started pelting stones at police and paramilitary forces in Eidgah area of the city soon after the Eid prayers concluded, a police officer said. He said the troublemakers were chased away by the police personnel.

Similar incidents of stone-pelting were also witnessed in Kothibagh area of the city but the police managed to restore order, the officer said.

Pakistani flags were also hoisted in Old Barzullah locality of the city.

A group of around 50 youth indulged in stone-pelting at Lal Chowk in Anantnag area of south Jammu and Kashmir but were chased away by the police, he added.

The officer said no one was hurt in these incidents while the rest of the Kashmir valley witnessed peaceful Eid prayers, amid precautionary measures which saw top separatist leaders placed under house arrest.

Hazratbal shrine witnessed the biggest Eid congregation with chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his predecessor Omar Abdullah joining more than 60,000 devotees in offering Eid prayers, officials said.

The second largest congregation, they said, had gathered at Eidgah where nearly 50,000 people offered Eid prayers, marking the culmination of the holy fasting month of Ramzan. More than 25,000 people offered prayers at Polo Ground in the city while smaller gatherings were recorded at all major shrines and mosques in the valley, the officials said. Large congregations were seen at the Baramulla and Anantnag districts headquarters as well, they added.

Clashes were reported in Srinagar on Friday as well during which some separatist elements had waved flags of Pakistan, Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) and Islamic State.

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