2 Hurriyat activists held
Tribune News Service

Rajouri, September 14
The police has arrested Ashfaq Ahmed Mirza and Umar Arshad Malik, and is hunting for Issar Ahmed Bhat, Hurryat activists for allegedly raising pro-freedom slogans after Friday prayers.

The arrest of the duo, police sources claimed, comes after a Kashmir-based newspaper claimed that thousands of people allegedly led by local Hurriyat Conference activists, took to streets here on Friday raising pro-freedom slogans after the Friday prayers in support of the call given by the Coordination Committee.

A “massive procession” was taken out that passed through the Gujjar Market area and culminated near the Sher-e-Kashmir Bridge, the newspaper had reported.

The newspaper had reported that a procession, mainly peaceful, was led by the local Hurriyat Conference activists, and the rally later was addressed by Hurriyat leaders Haji Ishfaq Mirza, Issar Ahmed Bhat and Umar Arshad Malik.