Indian police arrest two dozen youth including PhD scholar in IOK.

ISLAMABAD -- Indian police arrested more than two dozen people in occupied Kashmir including a PhD scholar in overnight raids in different areas of South Kashmir.

The forces on late last night surrounded a cluster of houses in Murran area of Pulwama town and detained twenty-one people. These youth, according to the officials, were detained for questioning for their alleged role in stone pelting incidents on forces.

Meanwhile, police during house raids arrested five persons in Tral and other areas of South Kashmir. Police claimed that the detainees were involved in an abortive suicide car bomb attack on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy along the Jammu- Srinagar highway, last month.

The arrested persons include a PhD scholar, an active member of...