Srinagar, February 16, 2019 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, Indian police and troops have arrested 13 youth during raids in south Kashmir’s Pulwama and Islamabad districts. The troops and police personnel raided Midoora, Laribal, Kakapora, Marhama and other areas and picked up 13 youth in connection with an explosion at Lethpora in Pulwama that left 49 Indian soldiers dead on Thursday. The arrested youth have been lodged in various police stations.
As per locals, soon after the Lethpora explosion, the forces’ personnel barged into the residence of a freedom activist, Mudasir Khan, at Midoora in Awantipora area of Pulwama on Thursday night. “The forces thrashed his family members, hurled abuses and ransacked their house,” locals said. Massive deployment of Indian troops and police personnel has been made across southern areas particularly Pulwama, Awantipora, Tral and Sangam since Thursday night to conduct the raids.
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