Srinagar, Sept 9 : Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammad Yaseen Malik was again arrested while chairmen of both the factions of the Hurriyat Conference (HC) Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq also remained under house arrest to prevent them from going to Delhi, where they had planned to stage protest and later court arrest against National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The senior separatist leaders, who are spearheading the agitation, demanding right to self determination, had announced that since they the main target of NIA, they will court arrest before the headquarters of NIA, New Delhi today. The NIA has arrested spokespersons of both the factions of the HC Aiyaz Akbar and Advocate Shahidul Islam, son in laws of Mr Geelani, a number of businessssmen since July this year when a formal FIR was registered following disclosure by National Front (NF) chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan that separatists were receiving money from Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) for terror activities and stone pelting in the valley. Khan, who is also under arreste, was later expelled from the hardline HC for his admission. (UNI)
