300 WhatsApp groups were inciting stone pelters : Police Archives

Nearly 300 WhatsApp groups, of which 90 per cent have been shut down, were being used to mobilise stone-throwers in Kashmir to disrupt security forces’ operations at encounter sites, a police officer said today. The 300 WhatsApp groups had around 250 members each, the police officer said, explaining howattempts were being made to disrupt the operations of the forces by mobilising stone-throwing mobs at the encounter sites. “We identified the groups and the group administrators, who were called in by the police for counselling. We have had a good response…