NIA arrests 2 stone pelters in terror funding case

The National Investigation Agency has arrested two stone pelters from the Kashmir Valley. NIA sources say that they were arrested in connection with the Hurriyat Terror Funding case.

The names of these two persons came up during the ongoing investigation into the case. The NIA had found at least 95 WhatsApp groups which specifically were set up to trigger stone pelters to cause unrest in the Valley.

The NIA would seek from these persons details of the persons who paid them to undertake the job. The NIA says that these stone pelters were on the pay rolls of the separatists and would undertake the job upon being paid.

During the probe the NIA had learnt that stone pelters were paid anything between Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 per day.

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