Srinagar: India troops arrested a youth in Kupwara district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the troops arrested the youth, identified as Ashiq Hussain Wani, during a cordon and search operation in Chogul area of Handwara. To justify the arrest, the troops claimed that the youth was associated with a mujahid organization. Such arrests have become a routine tactic to intimidate the Kashmiris and suppress their freedom movement.