Srinagar/June,21: Law enforcing authorities on Thursday arrested Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairmam Yasin Malik and put Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq the Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman to prevent them from leading any protests against the civilian killings.
A spokesman of JKLF said that a police party arrived at the Maisuma residence of Malik and detained him.Joint
Authorities had on Wednesday night also placed Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq under house arrest at his Nigeen residence. A spokesman of Hurriyat Conference (M) said ‘police party arrived at Mirwaiz’s Nigeen residence late Wednesday night and put him under house detention’, adding that the another separatist leader Engineer Hilal Ahmad War was also placed under house arrest.
The arrests and detentions of the separatist leaders have come amid call for shut down issued by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) against the killing of three civilians in south Kashmir and assassination of prominent journalist Syed Shujaat Bukhari. A
