A lecturer among 17 youth detained in nocturnal raids at a Pulwama village.
Pulwama, June
09 (KNO): At least 17 youths, including a lecturer, were detained in nocturnal
raids in Murran village of South Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Locals told
news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that since the Kangan encounter on June
03, security forces have been conducting nocturnal raids in the village and
have been arresting youth and since then at least 17 youth have been arrested.
They said that
last night only 12 youth, including a lecturer, were arrested. They identified
the arrested youth as Aijaz Darzi, son of Ab Rashid, Showkat Sheikh son of Ali
Mohd Sheikh, Shabir Wani son of Ab Rashid Wani, Waqar son of Mohd Shafi,
Mukthar Sheikh son of Bashir Ah, Hilal Ahmad son of Mohd Abdulla, Adil Ganie,
son of Bashir Ah Ganie, Lateef Sheikh, son of Mohd Ismail, Mehraj Dobi, son of
Nazir Ah, Rezwan Sheikh, son of Mohd Ismail, Majid, son of M Yousuf and Mehraj
Ganie, son of Khazir Mohd who all are residents of Murran.
Majid Yousuf
Majid is a lecturer as per locals, who is posted in Kulgam district.
Pertinently three militants, including a top Jaish commander Fouji Bhai were
killed in an encounter in Kangan village, a very nearby village to Murran
recently.
SSP Pulwama
declined to comment on the reasons behind the detentions. However, official sources
said that they had been detained for resorting to stone-pelting during the
encounter at Kangan—(KNO)
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