Srinagar: Police has arrested six ‘rumourmongers’ for spreading rumours of braid chopping in the vicinity of Batamaloo here.
“These rumour mongers were taking advantage of braid chopping incidents to instigate general public for protests and to motivate the youth of Batamaloo area to pelt stones upon deployed security forces in Batamaloo area,” a police spokesman said.
The basic aim of these detained rumourmongers was to disrupt peace and tranquillity of the valley, so that the people of the locality take out processions against government, the spokesman said.
“Keeping in view the gravity of rumours of braid chopping, all these six rumourmongers have been arrested in case FIR number 163/2017 of Police Station Batamaloo,” the spokesman added.
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