Srinagar, June 21 (KNS): As the delegation of Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir led by Shabir Ahmad Shah was on way to Tral to pay tributes to Shaheed Adil Ahmad Mir, Shaheed Adil Ahmad Shah and Shaheed Tariq Ahmad Parray, a large contingent of police intercepted them and arrested Shah along with Muhammad Yasin Ataai and others. However, Islamic Political Party chairman Muhammad Yusuf Naqash, Wajahat Qureshi of JKLF-R and Mahaz-e-Azadi president Muhammad Iqbal Mir succeeded in reaching Tral.
According to a statement issued to KNS. while expressing resentment over the arrest of Shabir Ahmad Shah, the HCJK spokesperson said that Shah has been advocating for the peaceful solution of Kashmir issue while as the youth, by getting fed up with the oppressive rule of India, now prefer to give their blood rather than finding a political solution to the issue. He said the present militancy is the result of stubbornness of India with regards to finding of peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue.
We believe that Kashmir issue rose to international level because of the invaluable sacrifices rendered by the people of Kashmir. “Today, HCJK leader Shabir Ahmad Shah was going to Daadsara, Rathsona and Lari Bal to pay tributes to the martyrs and to express solidarity with them but the so-called government, as routine, did not let him move forward. We strongly condemn the restrictions on the activities of pro-freedom leaders,” he said. Meanwhile, Islamic Political Party chairman Muhammad Yusuf Naqash, Wajahat Qureshi of JKLF-R, Mahaz-e-Azadi president Muhammad Iqbal Mir, Tariq Ahmad Sheikh, Molvi Buland Shah, Muhammad Yusuf Mir and Sajad Ahmad Lone visited Daadsara, Rathsona and Lari Bal to pay tributes to the martyrs and to express solidarity with them. On the occasion, they pledged to take the resistance movement to its logical conclusion and also expressed solidarity with the bereaved family on behalf of Shabir Ahmad Shah.