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Nocturnal Raids Continue in South Kashmir, At Least 5 Youth Arrested

August 11

The Government forces raided the Rehpora Locality in Khudwani area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district and arrested youths during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

Locals told The Kashmiriyat that at least five youths have been arrested in the Khudwani locality when forces raided the Rehpora Village around 1230 in the night.

They identified some of the youth as Junaid, Uzair, Ayaz Ahmed, Danish and said the Forces including Jammu Kashmir Police barged inside the houses of the youth and took them into detention.

The Khudwani belt has been worst hit by unabated arrests in South Kashmir, unofficial estimates suggest that as many as fifty youth from the Quimoh belt have been arrested in the current year and most of them are still behind bars.

Khudwani area of Kulgam which falls in the Tehsil Quimoh remains in news most of the time for Anti India Protests.

The belt was a witness to dozens of pro Freedom Rallies in 2016 attended by lakhs of people.