Srinagar, Jan 22 (KNS): Senior leaders of the Hurriyat (M) were detained on Friday while they were heading towards Nayen Pulwama on the directions of the Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, for expressing condolences with the families of Shariq Ahmad Bhat and Parvez Ahmad Guru, who were martyred on Wednesday.
A delegation of the amalgam comprising of senior Hurriyat (M) leaders including G N Zaki, Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi, Muhammad Yaqoob Masoodi, Sheikh Bashir Ahmad, Muhammad Sidiq Hazaar and Feroz Ahmad Bhat were stopped and thereafter taken into custody when they were heading towards the residences of Shariq Ahmad Bhat and Parvez Ahmad Guru for expressing the condolences and solidarity with the families.
The Hurriyat leaders were later detained at Lassipora, Pulwama Police Station.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Condemning the use of force and detention of Hurriyat leaders, a spokesman of the Hurriyat (M) said forces had let loose the reign of terror and were committing inhuman atrocities on the unarmed civilians in Kashmir whereas people were not even allowed to grieve over the killings of their dear ones and assemble to pay tributes to the martyrs.
The spokesman termed it as the worst kind of dictatorial attitude of the authorities.
Paying glowing tributes to the two Pulwama youth, the Hurriyat (M) spokesman said Kashmiris had been offering great sacrifices of their lives and properties during the ongoing resistance movement and the Hurriyat (M) leadership was firm and committed to deliver to the expectations of the people. (KNS)