KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Police and CRPF men raided Chitragam Shopian in South Kashmir on Monday evoking massive protests followed by clashes between forces and civilians.
Initial reports coming from Shopian said that police men had come to arrest Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Shopian chief, Muhammad Yousuf Falahi.
“People came out of their homes and started protesting,” local reports said.
“Forces fired tear gas canisters to disperse off the protestors but youth resorted to intense stone pelting forcing the men in uniform out of the village,” local sources said.
Falahi, a religious scholar, is a top pro-freedom leader in South Kashmir who lead many rallies and addressed scores others since July 09, 2016. He is associated with Syed Ali Geelani led TeH.
Forces have raided his residence in Chitragam many a times but he has been able to escape, so far.
