By Tasaduq Hussain
Kupwara: Over a dozen persons have been detained during nocturnal raids from Ganapora Kralgund area of Handwara in Kupwara district including elderly men
Locals said that forces barged into the Ganapora village and bundled about 13 local residents.
The detentions come ahead of the death anniversary of Afzal Guroo and Maqbool bhat, and locals claim, that the detentions are to give a message that ‘nothing should happen in the coming days about it’.
A local wishing anonymity said that forces have called more youth to nearest station.
“A joint team of forces took away as many locals, how can they ask more to come over there,” he questioned.
Locals claimed that few days back 8 persons were taken away by forces in another nocturnal raid.
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