Teacher including 17 arrested on stone pelting charges
Pulwama: Days after the Pulwama encounter that sparked clashes, police arrested 17 youth including a Lecturer during various raids, police sources said.
They said that three militants including and IED expert Ikram alias Fauji Bhai and two locals militants were killed in Kangan village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on June 3.
Local said that since June 3, police in multiple raids have arrested 17 youth on the allegations of stone-pelting. They said that among the arrested persons, one is a Lecturer who according to them was picked up as police could not locate his brother who is accused of stone pelting.
All these youth are the residents of Muran village of the district. Locals identified the arrested youth as Ajaz Darzi, Abdul Rashid Darzi, Mehraj Dhobi, Nazir Dhobi, Mukhtar Sheikh, Bashir Sheikh, Showkat Sheikh, Ali Muhammad Sheikh, Rizwan Sheikh, Muhammad Shafi Sheikh, Abdul Latif Sheikh, Muhammad Ismail Sheikh, Muhammad Yousuf Yatoo, Mehraj Ganaie, Khazir Ganaie, Shabir Wani, Abdul Rasheed Wani, Hilal Malyar, Muhammad Abdullah Malyar, Adil Ganaie, Bashir Ganai, Mohsin Sheikh, Muhamamd Ashraf Sheikh, Irfan Yatoo, Irfan Rather, Ajaz Sheikh, Abdul Salam Sheikh and Tawseef Sheikh.
The Lecturer has been identified as Majid Yousuf Yatoo.
A police official declined to comment on the subject, however, sources said that these people were arrested on charges of stone-pelting. (KNT)
