Massive Crackdown To Prevent Stone Pelting, 40 Arrested

At least 40 people were arrested in overnight raids in Srinagar city after an increase in stone-pelting incidents in the last few days with normal life remaining disrupted for the 16th consecutive day today.
The arrests have been made in the areas where there has been intensifying stone-pelting in the last few days. Security forces have been regularly targeted in some parts of Srinagar, particularly when they withdraw during the evening.
At least 12 persons were detained from Mehjoor Nagar area of South Srinagar which had seen violent clashes for the last few days. The parents of these persons had lined up outside Rajbagh Police Station and they were seeking the release of their wards. A woman told Excelsior that her son is innocent and was not involved in stone-pelting.