Srinagar, Oct 20 (KNS): Clashes and protests erupted in Maisuma area of Srinagar following the news of alleged thrashing of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik and other leaders by CRPF in Botengoo village of Anantnag district after offering prayers at the grave of slain Zahid Rasool Bhat.
Reports said that police and CRPF fired teargas canisters at youth who were protesting against the thrashing of Malik and other leaders.
Shops and business units were shut in Maisuma, Amira Kadal area during the protests.
Malik, Javid Mir, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, Yasin Bhat, Ahsan Untoo, Shabir Dar, Farooq Ahmad Khan and Mukhtar Ahmad Sofi were thrashed by CRPF in Botengoo, Ashan Untoo told KNS over phone.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
He said Malik, Dar and Khan were badly injured in the thrashing.
“We had gone to visit the family of Zahid Rasool Bhat to express solidarity with them when the CRPF men went berserk against us,” he said.
The leaders have been detained at Sadder Police Station in Anantnag town.
Untoo said that they were planning to hold a day long hunger strike in Islamabad Chowk against the killing of Zahid. (KNS)