Trio arrested in night raids at Tral village

TRAL — Government forces arrested three youth during nocturnal raids in a Tral village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

The raids were conducted in Chandrigam hamlet during the dead of night.

Local sources said that government forces raided three houses where from they took along three youth who were identified as Murtaza Nabi Mir, Saroor Shafi Mir and Sajad Gulzar Rather, all residents of Chandrigam.

One among the detained youth is the son of a policeman.

A police official feigned ignorance about these raids while sources said that the arrested youth have been picked up in connection with militancy related cases.