Over 300 Stone Pelting Incidents In Kashmir Since Scrapping Of Special Status news18.com

Contrary to the central government’s claims that Jammu and Kashmir have been peaceful since it was stripped of its special status on August 5, there have been 306 incidents of stone-pelting in the last two months. According to an internal document of the security forces, close to a 100 security personnel, including 89 from the central paramilitary forces, have been injured in the stone-pelting protests sparked by the government’s move to effectively scrap Article 370 of the Constitution.
The J&K administration has maintained that except for sporadic stone-pelting incidents, Kashmir Valley has been peaceful and there have been far fewer protests than what was seen in the 2016 agitation post-Burhan Wani’s death. In the first six months of 2019, there had only been around 40 incidents of stone-pelting, officials had earlier said.