Srinagar: Ahead of the former Hizb commander Burhan Wani’s second death anniversary, police on Friday arrested Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chief Yasin Malik.
Malik was arrested from his Maisuma residence after Fajr prayers and lodged in police station, Maisuma.
Earlier, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) consisting of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik had called for a complete shutdown across Kashmir on July 8 to commemorate Wani’s second death anniversary. The leadership had also called for holding a general public rally in Tral.
JRL had also asked religious clerics to hold Fateh Khawni on July 6 to commemorate Wani’s anniversary and that of civilians, who were killed during the 2016 protests across Kashmir valley.
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The popular commander was killed by Indian armed forces at southern Kashmir’s Bumdoora village on July 8, 2016.
Following his killing protests erupted across Kashmir leaving nearly hundred people dead and over a thousand with pellet injuries. His death brought Kashmir to a stand-still for nearly six months, making it longest cycle of protests-curfew-killings.
