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Sopore, March 26: More than one dozen youth have been arrested during a nocturnal raid in Sopore,Janwara and warpora village of North Kahmir’s Baramulla district.

Reports reaching KNO that the government forces including the Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police, and paramilitary CRPF personnel raided many residential houses in the town and villages and detained several youth during the  intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.

Police sources said that the youth were detained on charges of stone pelting.

Pertinently on Saturday massive clashes reported after funeral procession of Amir Rasool Kaboo and amid gunfight at Warpora Sopore in which many youth received minor injuries after 3 days long gun fight ends with killing of two Jash- E -Mohammad militants.