java - Converting a URL in JSONObject to a String value

My required JSON is :

[    "URI" : "http://192.168.1.1/"    ]

I use the following way to create this JSON:

{    
    String requiredUri = "http://192.168.1.1/";

    JSOnObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
    jsonObject.put("URI", requiredUri);
    String jsonData = jsonObject.toString();
}

This time I get get the output as :

[
    "URI" : "http:\/\/192.168.1.1\/"

]

Please tell me what should be done so that these forward slashes are not included in the resultant json.