The clashes erupted between two groups after Eid prayers. Dozens of people were injured. The army was sent to the area and curfew clamped following the violence. Condemning the clashes, the Hurriyat Conference chief had called for a complete shutdown of Kashmir on Saturday.

Shops and business establishments, and petrol pumps remained closed. While schools remained closed because of Eid, colleges are closed on account of summer vacations. Government offices and banks witnessed thin attendance. Traffic was thin. Though public transport was off the roads, private cars and auto-rickshaws were seen plying. Geelani termed the situation in Kishtwar as "extremely grave". He had appealed to citizens to obey the strike call against what he called "biased approach" of the state administration in dealing with the situation. He said the future course of action would be decided after reviewing the situation in Kishtwar.

Rejecting the probe ordered by the government, he said such probes were only meant to fool the international community. "I appeal to the international human rights organisations to probe the incident in Kishtwar," Geelani, who continues to remain under house arrest, said in a message uploaded on YouTube on Saturday afternoon. "Be it the Sikhs or Dogras or the Muslims of Jammu, they are our brothers in our struggle," he said.

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed as a precautionary measure following protests. No vehicle movement was allowed either way ' from Srinagar to Jammu or vice-versa. Dozens of passenger vehicles and trucks carrying fruits and other goods were stranded at Qazigund in south Kashmir.