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At Least 21 Youth Arrested in Shopian Ahead of Elections

April 30

At least 21 persons have been arrested in pre-dawn raids in south Kashmir’s Shopian Area.

Locals told The Kashmiriyat that Indian Army arrested four youths in south Kashmir’s Shopian district in pre-dawn raids on Tuesday.

They said that a contingent of army raided Keegam village of the south Kashmir district and arrested the four youth from their residences.
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Some of the arrested youths have been identified as Ashiq Bhat, son of Nazir Ahmad Bhat, 28; Sameer Shah, son of Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, 24; Ashiq Ahmad Lone, son of Muhammad Maqbool Lone, 28; Aqib Dar, son of Bashir Ahmad, 25.

Sources said that all the four youth were arrested by the army and were later handed over to police post Keegam for questioning.

A police official said the arrested were being quizzed for their alleged role in various stone pelting incidents in the area.