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Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik arrested to foil protests in Srinagar

A spokesman for the front said Malik was to lead a protest march in the civil lines today when JRL had called for a protest shutdown against the civilian killings and assassination of Bukhari.

Published: 21st June 2018 11:51 AM  |   Last Updated: 21st June 2018 01:53 PM   |  A+A A-

Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik (File | AFP)

By UNI

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police arrested JKLF chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik to foil a protest march in Srinagar on Thursday, when separatists had called for a general strike in protest against the killing of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari by gunmen and civilians in security force action.

Official sources said that a police party arrested Malik from his Maisuma residence early this morning after Fajr prayers.

He has been lodged in police station Kothibagh, sources said.

A spokesman for the front said Malik was to lead a protest march in the civil lines today when Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Omar Farooq and Malik had called for a protest shutdown against the civilian killings and assassination of Bukhari.

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