Shakir Ahmad Mir and several others sustained injuries when police fired pellet guns and tear smoke shells to disperse protesters at Chaigund, the officials said.
Mir, a resident of Qalampora in Shopian, was rushed to a hospital in Rajpora, where doctors declared him brought dead, they said.
The clashes were going on intermittently when reports last came in.
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