Saturday, May 21, 2011

JKLF chief among 6 held in Ganderbal


Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Chief, Mohammad Yasin Malik and six of his associates were detained by police in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district this morning.

Reports said that a delegation of JKLF activists led by the party Chief, Mohammad Yasin Malik were on their way to Kangan to address a public gathering, when a police team intercepted them near main chowk, Ganderbal around 10:30 this morning.

The JKLF activists, reports said offered resistance and tried to proceed towards the venue. However, police swung into action and detained Malik along with six of his activists before whisking them to the nearby district police lines, Kher Bawani.

Some of the detained JKLF activists have been identified as Sheikh Abdur Rashid, Mohammad Zaman Mir, Mohammad Javed, Mohammad Shafi, Nazir Ahmad Sheikh, and Mohammad Haneef Dar.

“We were arrested by police when we were on way to Kangan to address a public gathering. Ten of my party activists were also arrested by the police,” Malik told this correspondent over phone

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