Srinagar:
Protests broke out in south Kashmir's Kulgam area on Monday following the death of a woman, who died due to a heart attack when her house was being raided by security forces.
55-year-old Nazira Begum suffered a heart attack when a joint team of police and army raided her house on late Sunday night, police sources said.
The woman was taken to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival, they said.
However, local residents took to streets on Monday morning to protest against the alleged high-handedness of the security forces.
They claimed that the security forces did not follow the standard operating procedure as they did not have any woman cops accompanying them.
The protestors blocked the main road of Kulgam town even as police tried to persuade them to disperse peacefully, the sources said.
Heated arguments between the two sides led to clashes, which were going on till reports last came in.
A police spokesman said the cause of woman's death is being investigated.