A 25-year-old Kashmiri man allegedly raising slogans against security forces and waving banner demanding "justice" for the people of the state was detained by the police in Dwarka here today and released after almost six hours of interrogation.
Amir Amin, a resident of Shopian in Kashmir, was caught by the locals atthe crossing of Sector 6-10 in Dwarka with the banner and allegedly raising slogans against the security forces at around 2.30 pm, a senior police officer said.
The locals tore apart the banner and allegedly manhandled him before making a call to the police.
"A PCR call was received atDwarka south police station saying that at sector 9, a man is supporting terrorists. The person, Amir Amin,a resident of Shopian was found at the spot and wasinterrogated," said the officer.
Some literature, allegedly supporting jihadist activities, was recovered from him and he was interrogated by a joint team of local police and the Special Cell of Delhi Police till late night before being released, police said.
The youth lives at Sector 13 in Gurgaon and was apparently disturbed as he could not talk to his parents back in Shopian due to snapped telephone network, they said.
The police also contacted their J&K counterpart and Amin's parents for more information about him.
He was reportedly trained under the Skill India programme, police said.
