JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik Arrested in a Raid Early Morning
Srinagar: As an attempt to foil the JKLF Lal Chowk protest , police and forces arrested Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik today early morning from his residence. Police in large numbers raided the residence of Yasin sahib and arrested him. Yasin sahib was under house arrest from 14th march 2014.Police had also arrested JKLF zonal organizer Bashir Ahmad Kashmiri on 14th march and too remains in police custody. Police arrested dozens of JKLF leaders and activists when they were marching towards Lal Chowk today after noon. The arrested include JKLF leaders advocate Bashir Ahmad Butt, Noor Mohammad Kalwal,Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, professor Javed, Syed Nisar Jeelani, Javed Ahmad Butt, Ghulam Rasool Hazari, Ghulam Mohammad Dar, Mohammad Azeem Zargar, Shahid Makaya, etc. renowned human rights activist Mohammad Ashan untoo was also arrested by police on the occasion .
Despite the arrest of Chairman in early morning today, JKLF leaders, activists and workers in large numbers organized a Grand protest rally. Led by senior leader advocate Bashir Ahmad Butt hundreds of JKLF leaders, activists and workers gathered at Maqbool Manzil this afternoon. People from every walk of life also participated in the protest. The participants raising slogans against the killing of innocent Farhat Ahmad Dar of Shah Gund and reign of terror unleashed in Sonawari belt and other parts of Jammu Kashmir by police and other forces and in favor of Azadi, martyrs and resistance marched towards Lal Chowk.
To avoid police barricades that had been laid to stop JKLF protest march towards Lal Chowk, the procession instead of going straight towards Budshah Chowk took the route of Red Cross road. On reaching Budshah Chowk the procession was stopped by hundreds of police and CRPF personal. Police had placed many vehicles on the openings and hundreds of police men had laid siege on the road by putting barricades on it. The participant’s resisted this police force and many of them managed to reach near Ghanta Ghar and held protest sit in there .on the occasion police arrested JKLF leaders and activists and dispersed the protest rally by use of force. .
Before the rally and arrests JKLF leader Advocate Bashir Ahmad Butt while condemning the reign of terror unleashed across the valley, brutal killing of innocent Farhat Ahmad Dar at Naidkhai Sonawari, arrest of hundreds of youth and other oppressive measures by Indian forces and police, said that Indian forces and police have time and again shown its brutal attitude by killing yet another Kashmiri student Farhat Ahmad Dar S/O Ghulam Rasool Dar of Shah Gund Pattan. This brutal act of Indian forces and police has exposed the ugly face of these forces who to satisfy their trigger happy and blood thirsty temperament continue to massacre of Kashmiri youth.
Terming the killing of Farhat Ahmad Dar and injuring many others as a cold blooded murder, Bhat sahib said that Indian forces and police kill because they are assigned with the job of killings and the pro India politician and rulers start shedding crocodile tears to hoodwink the international community and also pacify the anger of the people over these massacres. He said that these shameless rulers instead of putting some barriers on their killing forces put Lac’s of people under curfew and arrest pro-resistance leaders. Bhat sahib strongly condemned the arrest of JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik who was taken into custody early morning today and zonal organizer Bashir Ahmad Kashmiri who has been in police custody since 14th match 2014.