The local residents identified them as Mohsin Rashid Lone son of Ab Rashid Lone, Farooq Ahmad Bhat son of Mohammad Ayoub Bhat, Showkat Ahmad Thockar son of Abdul Khaliq Thockar and Azad Ahmad Itoo.

Five persons were detained by the government forces during a night raid in Kanjiullar village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday.

Local residents said that the forces raided a cluster of houses in the dead of night on Tuesday and picked up five persons. While one was later released, the four others were still in the custody of the forces, they said.

The local residents identified them as Mohsin Rashid Lone son of Ab Rashid Lone, Farooq Ahmad Bhat son of Mohammad Ayoub Bhat, Showkat Ahmad Thockar son of Abdul Khaliq Thockar and Azad Ahmad Itoo.

Although the district police chief Sandeep Kumar Choudary did not answer the calls from this reporter, a police official said that the arrestees were being quizzed for their role in various stone pelting incidents.