Indian police arrest five Kashmiri youth ahead of PM Modi’s visit

Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian police arrested five persons in Kathua district ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to adjoining Samba district.

The Indian police along with intelligence agency arrested five youth during a house raid in Marheen area in Kathua district. The action was taken after the police received an intelligence input and launched a search operation in the area.

A police official said they are being questioned in the Rajbagh police station. Their mobile phones were also seized. The security deployment has been strengthened ahead of the Indian PM’s visit to Palli village in Samba on April 24.

Meanwhile, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred a Kashmiri youth in Baramulla district, today. The youth was martyred by Indian army’s Rashtriya Rifles, paramilitary and Special Operation Group during a violent cordon and search operation (CASO) in Pariswani area of the district.

Earlier, four persons, including three Indian troops, were injured in a clash during Sehri time in the same area of the district. Firing and operation in the area were going on till last reports came in.