Police identify youths who waved IS flags

October 22, 2014 03:46 am | Updated November 16, 2021 07:16 pm IST - SRINAGAR

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the police had identified the youths who waved flags of the terror group Islamic State (IS) in different parts of Srinagar.

He said they were not linked to militancy.

“The police have registered cases against the youths involved in waving IS flags,” Mr. Abdullah said on the sidelines of a police commemoration function here.

According to police sources, four youths were arrested on Saturday, a day after IS flags appeared in the old city area.

“We know that two of the youths — one of whom is a medical representative — have been in police custody since Saturday. For the first two days, the police did not show their arrest and we don’t know what charges they will frame against them,” said Mir Urfi, a lawyer at the Saddar Court here.

‘No link with terror group’

The police sources said the youths waved the IS flags for fun and they did not have any ideological connection with the terror group.

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