Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 30: Angry demonstrators today blocked Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway in North Kashmir following the arrest of a local youth by police.
The protestors alleged that a youth, Nisar Ahmad Bhat of Bhat Mohalla, Palhalan in Baramulla district was arrested by police’s Special Operation’s Group (SOG) in Hyderbeigh area.
As the news spread, people took to streets, blocked the highway and shouted slogans against police and SOG.
Police fired tear-smoke cannons to disperse protesters. But the protestors retaliated by throwing stones on them.
Police sources said Bhat had been slapped Public Safety Act for pelting stones long ago, but he was absconding. “Today, after his arrest local people staged protests and when police tried to disperse them they began pelting stones on our men,” said sources.
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