Ten people have been arrested for anti-national sloganeering and throwing stones outside the home of JKLF chief, Yasin Malik, prior to his sentencing yesterday, police said on Thursday.

In a tweet, Srinagar Police informed about the arrests and added that all other areas remained peaceful, and youth are once again urged not to engage in activities that could jeopardize their careers and disrupt their families.

“Others are being identified & will be arrested soon. Case has been registered under ULPA & IPC. The main instigators of this hooliganism will be booked under PSA. Such anti-national activities & provocative posture will be always dealt strictly & with full force of law,” police Tweeted.

Yasin Malik was sentenced to life in prison and fined 10.75 lakh rupees in a ‘terror funding case’ by a special NIA court in Delhi on Wednesday.