6 stone pelters surrender: Police

Says crackdown on to arrest all the ‘trouble makers’

Srinagar: Police on Thursday said that six stone pelters who were evading arrests have surrendered at police station Hajin. A police official told GNS that six stone pelters who are involved in recent cases of violence and stone pelting incidents and were evading arrest surrendered today at police station Hajin.

He said that the stone pelters who surrendered today include Manzoor Ahmad Dar son of Sonaullah Dar, Ghulam Jeelani Dar son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Dar, Mumtaz Ahmad Dar son of Farooq Ahmad Dar, Abdul Hamid Rather son of Sonaullah Rather, Showkat Ahmad Khan son of Mohammad Yousuf Khan and Azhar-ud-din Dar son of Mohammad Akbar residents of Shah Gund, Hajin.

Police has started a large scale manhunt for the stone pelters and other perpetrators of violence in the area, the official said. (GNS)