Srinagar: Police on Friday detained Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik in Srinagar on the eve of R-Day.
A large posse of police reached the Abi Guzar office of JKLF and took Malik into custody.
A JKLF spokesperson said Malik was lodged at police station Kothi Bagh after his detention.
Before his detention, Malik told reporters that India claims to be a democratic country but stifles the democratic rights of people of Kashmir.