Curfew was clamped in parts of Srinagar in the wee hours on Tuesday as violence erupted on Monday night after security forces allegedly opened fire on a stone-pelting mob.

Curfew was clamped in eight police station areas Rainawari, Maharajgunj, Safakadal, Khanyar and Nowhatta in old city, and Maisuma, Batamaloo and Kralkhud in civil lines in view of the violent protests and stone pelting incidents in many parts of the city late in the night, police sources said.

Earlier, District Magistrate Srinagar Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo told that restrictions on the movement of the people had been imposed across the city.

“We are monitoring the situation and will take a decision as per the requirements of the situation,” Kakroo said.