Lal Chowk Chalo Call Thwarted JKLF Chairman Yasin Malik Arrested

Srinagar, Feb 9: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, was arrested by police here today. Malik, who had into hiding ahead of the hanging anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru, was arrested along with several JKLF activists and lodged into Kothi Bagh police station, police said. 
JKLF had planned a protest march towards city centre Lal Chowk here today on the death anniversary of Guru. Police, over the past few days, had already arrested several Front leaders including advocate Bashir Ahamd Bhat, Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi and scores of other activists.