Yasin Malik detained at Srinagar airport
- The Hindu Supporters of JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik welcome him with a rousing reception at Maisuma in Srinagar on Sunday. Photo: Nissar Ahmad
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik was
on Sunday detained at Srinagar Airport soon after his arrival from
Delhi and “escorted to his home” here.
Police sources
said that Mr. Malik, who returned from Pakistan after over seven-week
stay on Saturday, was detained at the airport and escorted to his home
at Maisuma.
Mr. Malik, however, claimed that he has been put under house arrest.
“Malik
was taken into custody by police within the airport premises and later
taken out through the back gate,” a spokesman of JKLF said.
The sources said the step was taken due to apprehension of breach of peace following Mr. Malik’s return to the Valley.
Kashmir
has been rocked by protests since the hanging of Parliament attack
convict Afzal Guru on February 9, which has resulted in the death of
four persons and injuries to scores of others.
The
separatists have threatened to continue the protests till their demand
for return of mortal remains of Guru and JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool
Bhat who was also hanged in Delhi’s Tihar jail on February 11, 1984, is
met.
Mr. Malik has been under attack for meeting
terror outfit Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafeez Saeed in Pakistan and
his return to national capital on Saturday saw protests by Shiv Sena
activists at the airport.
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