They will be released after assessing situation: Police
Srinagar: The state government is yet to take a decision on the release of many separatist leaders who were detained in connection with the Lok Sabah elections. “Even the result of Lok Sabha election has come out but the senior separatist leaders like Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Mushtaq-ul-Islam, and others are still behind bars,” said a spokesman of Huriyat Conference Jammu and Kashmir told KNS.
According to a spokesman of the Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Geelani, Mohammad Ashraf Sehraie and Dr Ghulam Ahmad Ganaie are under house confinement while as its other leaders like Ayaz Akbar, Abdul Ghani Bhat, Ameer Hamza, Zubair Ahmad Turray, Ghulam Ahmad Banday, Bashir Ahmad Saleiah, Ghulam Ahmad Bangay and Abdul Nasir are behind bars. “There are over 100 Hurriyat (G) workers and leader who are still behind bars and some are still being detained,” said a spokesman of the Hurriyat (G). He said that these arrests are being made as vengeance against Hurriyat Conference.
The spokesmen of the Hurriyat (G) and HCJK said that the authorities are taking revenge against their cadres just because they ha propagated poll boycott. “This police action has no justification at all. On one side they say that boycott is peoples’ right and on the other they put our leaders and workers behind bars for boycotting elections,” said the spokesman of HCJK. A senior police officer when contacted told KNS: “The police said it is not interested to keep anybody behind bars unless the situation demands so. We have released many people and many other would be released after reviewing the situation.” (KNS)