Separatist leader Masarat Alam arrested

SRINAGAR: Separatist leader Masarat Alam was arrested on Friday by the Jammu and Kashmir police from his house in Srinagar.

Talking to Times Now about Masarat Alam’s arrest, Jitendra Singh, MoS PMO, said: “There’s no compromise on any account, we are very clear on how such people have to be treated.”

“The Centre is keeping a close watch on the situation,” Jitendra Singh said.

“This is not a place where Pakistani flags or pro-Pakistan slogans are going to be accepted,” BJP leader Nalin Kohli said on Masarat Alam’s arrest.

On Thursday, Alam and Syed Ali Shah Geelani were placed under house arrest, a day ahead of their scheduled rally at Tral town in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

J&K CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on Thursday directed the police to refuse permission for a rally which was scheduled to be taken from Srinagar to Tral on Friday where a youth was killed allegedly by Army while in their custody.

Earlier, Jammu & Kashmir Police filed a case under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against Geelani and separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat for raising anti-national slogans during a rally in Srinagar on Wednesday.

The cases were registered against Geelani, Bhat and Peer Saifullah under section 13 of UAPA, police said.

Reacting to filing of cases against its leaders, Hardline Hurriyat Conference on Thursday said the outfit would not be “cowed down” by such actions.

“We condemn the registration of an FIR against Hurriyat leaders in strongest terms. We will not be cowed down by such actions. If seeking the right to freedom is a crime, then we will continue doing such things and no power on the earth can prevent us. The registration of a case exposes the assertion of (Chief Minister) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed that it is the battle of ideas. His government could not bear even a single peaceful rally organized by Hurriyat,” the amalgam said in a statement.

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Source:Timesofindia

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