Hurriyat paid Rs 400 for J&K stone-pelting
PTI
SOPORE, DEC 27
A man, arrested during the recent unrest in Kashmir Valley, has told his interrogators that the hardline Hurriyat Conference had paid Rs 400 to each youth to indulge in stone-pelting during Friday protests in Sopore, a top police officers said on Monday.
The stone-pelting was sponsored by the Syed Ali Shah Geelani faction to create law and order problem in Sopore, Abdul Latief Lone, detained under the Public Safety Act, told Police, according to DIG (North Kashmir) Munir Khan.
During questioning, Lone, a resident of Radbugh in Kupwara district, revealed each youth was paid Rs 400 on every Friday to resort to stone-pelting, the DIG told reporters.
“The surprising thing is that militants like Yuni not only sponsored the protests but also physically participated in stone-pelting in Sopore,” he said.
The militant was involved in half-a-dozen gunfights with security forces but had survived each time.
Earlier intelligence reports said the militant had crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in May this year.
