GANDERBAL; Protests erupted on Srinagar-Leh highway in Ganderbal Tuesday in which four policemen including a senior official were injured.

Reports said clashes erupted soon after the death of a woman who, according to protestors, was ‘forced’ to consume poison by her in-laws.

Four policemen including a station house officer were injured when protestors resorted to stone pelting at the forces when they tried to break the blockade of protestors on the highway.

Police sources said the deceased, Neelofar Bano, a resident of Preng in Kangan and mother of two, breathed her last at SKIMS after she allegedly consumed poison on Tuesday.

As the news of her death spread in the area, scores of people blocked Srinagar-Leh highway and demanded that a case of murder be registered against the husband of the deceased. The protestors also demanded that the dead body of the woman be handed over to her parents.

Reports said that despite assurances by police, the protestors did not end their protest as a result of which scores of vehicles got stranded on the road.

Police then used teargas shells and cane-charged the protestors to break the blockade and the protestors, in turn, resorted to heavy stone-pelting.

Eyewitnesses said clashes between police and protestors continued for hours during which four policemen including SHO Ganderbal Liaqat Ali suffered injuries.

Police has registered a case against the protestors.