Police on Friday night arrested Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik from his Maisuma residence in Srinagar.
He was taken to Kothibagh Police Station. Malik’s detention comes ahead of a crucial hearing on Article 35-A in Supreme Court which is likely to take place on Monday (February 25).
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Earlier this week, the state government withdrew security cover from several Kashmiri separatist leaders, including Malik, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Shabir Shah and Saleem Geelani. The move to withdraw security cover followed a week after more than 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed in a suicide bombing in J&K’s Pulwama district on February 14. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) claimed responsibility of the ghastly terror attack.
The situation is tenser even outside the state against the Kashmiri’s after the heart-wrenching terror attack on in Kashmir valley.