Srinagar, Apr 27 (KNS): Though Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) called funeral prayers in absentia for the JKLF founder member Amanullah Khan who passed away yesterday in Rawalpindi, the authorities on Wednesday imposed restrictions in the commercial hub Lal Chowk to thwart the funeral prayers.
The various areas of Srinagar including Ram Bagh, Mehjoor Nagar, Bar Bar Shah, Jawahar Nagar and Pantha Chowk witnessed massive traffic jams due to the restrictions imposed by the authorities thereby leaving the commuters to lurch at large.
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on Tuesday said that funeral prayers in absentia for late Amanullah Khan would be held at LalChowk on April 26 (Wednesday) at 2 pm where tributes would also be paid to the pro-freedom leader.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested on Wednesday to prevent him from taking part in funeral prayers for the party ideologue Amanullah Khan.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
“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.
He said all roads leading to Lal Chowk where they had proposed to hold funeral prayers in absentia for the deceased leader have been sealed by razor wire to prevent people from holding the prayers.
Meanwhile, Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was put under house arrest on Tuesday to prevent him from participating in funeral prayers in absentia for Amanullah Khan today.
Hurriyat (M) leader told KNS that Mirwaiz was scheduled to head a meeting of the Hurriyat and participate in the Gayibana nimaz-e-jinazah proposed at Lal Chowk today. (KNS)