Srinagar, Apr 27 (KNS): Police on Wednesday detained scores of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) activists after they tried to march towards Lal Chowk to hold funeral prayers in absentia in commercial hub.
JKLF activists assembled at Basant Bagh and marched towards Lal Chowk via Maisuma to hold the funeral prayers in absentia.
As soon as the activists reached near Akhada building, police intercepted them and detained scores of its activist including Advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Showkat Bakshi, Noor Muhammad Kalwal, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, Bashir Kashmiri, Prof Javaid, Bashir Ahmad Rather and others.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
The activists were lodged into the preventive custody at Kothi Bagh.
Earlier, Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested in the wee hours of Wednesday to prevent him from taking part in funeral prayers for the party ideologue Amanullah Khan.
“Ahead of Gayibana Nimaz-e-Jinaza for JKLF supreme leader Jenab Aman Ullah Khan ,Chairman JKLF has been arrested by police and curfew has been clamped in Lal Chowk, Maisuma, Kokerbazar, Kothibagh, Abi Guzar, Court road and other adjacent areas,” said a spokesman. (KNS)