Srinagar, October 15: JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and five of his close associates were taken into preventive custody in Bandipora district of north Kashmir today, official sources said.
Malik, JKLF vice chairman Bashir Ahmad Bhat and four other party leaders were detained by police at Sumbal, 25 kms from here this afternoon, the sources said.
They said the separatist leader, who was on way to Sonawari to address a public meeting, was taken into preventive custody as authorities apprehended law and order problem.
Shoukat Ahmad Bakshi, Sheikh Nazir Ahmad, Mohammad Sidiq and Mohammad Hanief were the others to be detained, the sources said adding they were lodged at Sumbal police station.
Condemning the arrest of the party leaders, a JKLF spokesman said, “The frequent arrest of Malik is unwarranted as our activities are peaceful.
–Agencies