Srinagar, India  - Violence broke out in India-administered Kashmir after a two-week lull on Saturday, with the death of a demonstrator when police fired to disperse protestors.

The police said they fired to disperse a mob of protestors who pelted stones at security forces personnel in the old quarters of Jammu and Kashmir state capital Srinagar. Two people were injured and admitted to hospital.

Protestors shouting pro-freedom and anti-India slogans gathered in several parts of the city which saw a complete shutdown in response to a strike call by the separatist Hurriyat Conference.

Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing violent protests during the last two months over an order allotting land to a Hindu cave shrine.

The unrest, the most widespread in the region in over a decade, has seen clashes between protestors and security forces leaving at least 50 dead.

A coordination committee which is spearheading the protests in the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, in the upper region of the state, has called a meeting on Sunday to discuss further protest plans. (dpa)