INDIA reimposed a curfew in Kashmir yesterday in a botched bid to prevent a protest march that sparked violent clashes.

Separatist leaders had called for a march to Srinagar’s principal mosque as part of a wave of protests sparked by the killing of insurgent Burhan Wani on July 8 — and the march went ahead despite pre-dawn house visits by police warning locals not to stray out of doors.

Even bakers and milkmen were prevented from doing their rounds, but crowds gathered anyway after Friday prayers and headed to a UN office to chant: “We want freedom, go India, go back.”