Srinagar, Apr 07 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on Saturday said that the judicial remand of its chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik and other leaders was extended.
According to the statement issued to KNS, JKLF spokesman said that “Malik and other leaders have not been released yet from police custody though their judicial remand expired today. Police have extended the judicial remand of JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik, vice chairman Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi and Zonal organizer Bashir Ahmad Kashmiri who are languishing at central jail Srinagar from Apr 02.”
“JKLF Zonal president Noor Muhammad Kalwal who was arrested by police yesterday has also been shifted to central jail Srinagar today on a 10 day remand. Police has booked Kalwal in some old case and presented him before a magistrate who shifted him to central jail Srinagar on a 10 day remand,” the spokesman said.
He said that Budgam Police raided the residence of JKLF activist Bilal Ahmad Dar of Nasrullahpora Budgam and arrested him along with other JKLF senior activist Molvi Abdul Rashid. “Both arrested activists have been lodged at some unknown police station,” he said.
Pertinently, Baramulla police also have detained JKLF Deputy Chief Organizer, Mir Siraj ud Din and district President Baramullah Abdul Rashid Magloo from last many days, spokesman added.
JKLF strongly condemned this ‘police highhandedness’ and termed it as ‘state sponsored terrorism’.
The spokesman further stated that JKLF Zonal committees’ in Pakistan, Azad Kashmir, UK, Europe and other parts of the world and JKLF diplomatic front have and are organizing various protests against ‘growing Indian oppression and spree of killings in Kashmir Valley’.
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JKLF Pakistan as per the spokesman chapter yesterday organized a protest program against genocide in Kashmir at press club Rawalpindi.
JKLF vice chairman Muhammad Saleem Haroon, Manzoor Hussain Chesti, Shakil Choudhary, Sardar Anwar Advocate, Khurshid Mirza, Salim Butt, Muhammad Afzal Baigh, Mazhar Qazmi, Sardar Jamshid, Sardar Tanveer Aziz, Nusrat Quraishi and other participated in the protest against spree of killings in Kashmir.
Similar protests were held at Kotli which were led by Zonal president Doctor Tauqeer. Related protest was held outside Indian embassy in France today which was led by supreme council member Muzamil Adil and president JKLF branch France Mushtaq Pasha, spokesman added.
“JKLF diplomatic Bureau and UK zone are organizing a protest outside Indian embassy on 9th April 2018; this protest will be led by Chairman Diplomatic Bureau Professor Raja Zaffar Khan and UK zonal President Sabir Gul. Similar program will be held outside Indian embassy in Belgium on 12th April that will be led by EU zonal president Tanveer Choudhary and general secretary Masood Iqbal Mir. JKLF Europe and USA zones are also organizing such protests programs in other cities of the world too during which protests will be held against ongoing genocide by Indian forces across the valley of Kashmir and other parts of Jammu Kashmir,” spokesman said.
Meanwhile, a JKLF delegation led by District president Islamabad Muhammad Ishaaq Ganie along with Mushtaq Ahmad Kuchay and Nazir Ahmad Khan visited the family of slain Rouf Ahmad Khanday who embraced martyrdom at Diyalgam recently.
District president Pulwama Javed Ahmad butt along with Tariq Ahmad and others also visited Pulwama and participated in the funeral prayers of Musavir Ahmad who embraced martyrdom yesterday at Kangan Pulwama.
JKLF delegations met with the bereaved families and expressed solidarity with them. (KNS)