Rioting in Jammu & Kashmir increased three-fold in 2016
Jammu and Kashmir saw a three-fold increase in cases of rioting and a substantial rise in arson cases in 2016, according to the state police data. Kashmir witnessed as many as 3,404 cases of rioting in 2016 as compared to 1,157 such cases in 2015. Similarly, 267 cases of arson were registered in 2016 as against 147 in 2015.