‘231 students, 17 minors among 634 arrested for ‘stone-pelting’ in 2015’

Police have arrested at least 231 students and 17 minors on charges of stone-pelting in 2015, official documents have revealed. According the official data compiled by J&K Police, there were 281 incidents of stone-pelting last year in which 634 persons were arrested. “Of these, 231 were students,” the documents reveal. “17 minors were also arrested in 2015 in connection with stone-pelting.” In the police figures, 120 stone pelting incidents have taken place in Srinagar (in 2015) in which 124 students were arrested—the highest in any district. “10 minors were also…

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