Srinagar, June 30 -- Police have registered an FIR following clashes between two rival Shia groups in central Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said on Monday.

"Budgam Police has registered an FIR in connection with an incident of scuffle between groups of Shia community at Hardpanzoo. A fair, impartial and evidence-based investigation is underway," an official X post by Budgam police said.

The clashes broke out on Sunday between the followers of the Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, headed by former minister Imran Ansari, and those of Maulana Masroor Abbas Ansari during a Muharram procession in the Hardpanzoo area.

Both groups have accused each other of instigating the violence.

"Anyone found involved, irrespective of affiliatio...