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SRINAGAR (Indian Held-Kashmir): At least ten people were killed in separate clashes and incidents between Indian forces and Kashmiri freedom fighters in the latest violence in occupied Kashmir Saturday.

According to police officials, two fighters were killed in an exchange of fire with Indian forces in Southern Poonch district and police recovered a bullet-ridden body from Bijbehara town in southern Kashmir.

The bodies of three more freedom fighters were recovered from the site of a firefight with soldiers Friday in southern Kashmir. Suspected militants meanwhile shot and injured a Muslim civilian in Machipora Handwara town in northern Kashmir.

The fighters also opened fire at a security forces patrol party in Ushkara village in northern Kashmir, leading to a gun battle. One student was injured in the crossfire.

Meanwhile, Indian troops blasted a house at Kawooni village, in Awantipora area of Pulwama district where four dead bodies were recovered from the debris.

Anti-India Protests

Hundreds of people took to the streets in anti-India demonstrations at Chadoora against shelling by troops of a house and arrest of the house owner.

Similar protest demonstrations were held at Hanjoora in Budgam district, against state terrorism by military personnel.

'Mufti Govt: Official Machinery in Poll Campaign'

The state Bhartia Janata Party (BJP) in a meeting held in Srinagar alleged that Mufti government was using official machinery during its election campaign to win the forthcoming elections.

The meeting referred to massive transfers of government employees in the state.