3Photo© thequint.com765 arrested in J&K for stone pelting since abrogation of Article 370
The Home Ministry on Tuesday said security forces have arrested 765 people in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 provisions for their alleged involvement in stone pelting incidents and multi-pronged policies were adopted to check the menace.
Union minister of state for home G. Kishan Reddy also said there has been a decline in the incidents of stone pelting since August 5 when the central government had announced abrogation of the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370.
“Since August 5, 2019 to November 15, 2019, 765 people have been arrested in 190 cases registered relating to stone pelting/law and order. From January 1, 2019 to August 4, 2019, 361 number of such cases were registered,” he said replying to a written question in the Lok Sabha.