Police arrests 14 stone throwers in Srinagar

Srinagar: Fourteen youth have been arrested at Chotta Bazar, Kani Kadal in old city for allegedly being involved in stone-throwing.
Locals told Agence India Press that, the youth were arrested from SMHS hospital, when they were trying to enquire about the condition of Abid Bazaaz, who was hit by a bullet, and later shifted to Bone and Joints Hospital on Tuesday evening.
“Police and CRPF had laid a cordon outside the hospital. The moment, these youth reached the hospital, they were arrested by the police,” Locals said. They said elders of the area negotiating with the police and demanding the release of all detained youth.
The arrested youth have been identified as  Umar Mushtaq Khan son of Mushtaq Ahmad, Sajad Ali Dar son of Ali Mohammad Dar, Umar Asif Zargar son of Ghulam Mohammad, Imran Ahmad Bhat son of Mushtaq Ahmad, Nazim Bashir Khan son of Bashir Ahmad, Junaid Farooq Khan son of Farooq Ahmad, Irshad Ahmad Bhat son of Mushtaq Ahmad, Barkat Rafiq Hazari son of Rafiq Ahmad, Atif Ayub Shah son of Mohammad Ayub, Nasir Zahoor Misgar son of Zahoor Ahmad, Ishtaq Ahmad Zargar son of Late Abdul Gani, Irshad Ahmad Zargar son of Abdul Gani, Gowhar Nazir Bhat son of Late Nazir Ahmad residents of Chota Bazar and Hamid Ali Bhat son of Late Gulzar Hussain resident of Guroo Bazar.
In this regard Case FIR No 99 under section 307,147,427,148,336,341 RPC has been registered at police Station Shaheed Gunj.