Bypolls highlights: RK Nagar polls cancelled, 8 killed in Srinagar violence

Members of Gujjar community stand in line as they wait their turn to cast their vote outside a polling station in Baba Nagri area in Kangan, some 50 km from Srinagar. (Waseem Andrabi/ Hindustan Times)

Members of Gujjar community stand in line as they wait their turn to cast their vote outside a polling station in Baba Nagri area in Kangan, some 50 km from Srinagar. (Waseem Andrabi/ Hindustan Times)

Eight people were killed and more than two dozen injured on Sunday when police clashed with protesters during a by-election in Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley, a senior police official said.

Separatist factions in Kashmir had called for a boycott of the vote, resulting in heightened security and low voter turnout when the polling began.

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