Srinagar, March 6 -- Security forces remained on high alert on Friday morning in Srinagar's Lal Chowk in Jammu and Kashmir as a precautionary measure following the protests by Shia Muslims against the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Protests across India erupted against the US and Israel after the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in airstrikes on February 28.

On Wednesday, the Shia community held a peaceful protest in Srinagar, mourning the death of Khamenei.

Earlier, protests were also held in Bandipore and Ramban. Protesters in Ramban raised slogans. "Tum kitne Hosseini maroge...har ghar se Hosseini niklega" (How many Hosseini will you kill, from every home, a Hosseini will rise). They also burnt an effigy ...