ISLAMABAD: Indian police arrested over a dozen youngsters, including a student in Pulwama and Poonch districts, on Wednesday.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the police arrested over a dozen youngsters from Gangoo, Pirchu, Malikpora, Dalipora, Dangarpora and other places during night raids in Pulwama district.
According to the local police, they were arrested for taking part in anti-India and pro-freedom demonstrations.
Their family members said that they were innocent. “Their only fault is that they participated in a peaceful procession organised to condemn civilian killings in the district,” said a relative of one of the arrested persons.
On the other hand, Indian troops arrested a 17-year-old student from Mendhar area of Poonch district. The troops also arrested his father, a teacher by profession. Meanwhile, a Kashmiri student from North Kashmir’s Bandipora district also went missing from his college in Noida city of Uttar Pradesh (UP) state in India, his family said. The student, Syed Basit Hassan, went missing on December 13 from a Noida College where he was pursuing BBA for the past two-and-a-half years.
