Despite restrictions hundreds joined the march led by AIP chairman and MLA Langate Er. Rashid. The march started from Magharmal Bagh and proceeded towards civil Secretariat, an AIP handout said.
The protesters were chanting strong slogans seeking end to bloodshed by the forces and unconditional ceasefire between militants and the security forces.
However, a heavy contingent of police stopped the march ahead of civil secretariat’s main gate and arrested around one hundred protesters including Er. Rashid, Dr. Bari Nayak, Prince Parvez, Zeeshan Pandith, Ghulam Nabi Mir, Sheeban Ashie and lodged them in police station Rajbagh and Karan Nagar.
Before being arrested Er. Rashid while talking to media persons alleged that New Delhi has lost the moral right to call Kashmiris as its own people, as the way Kashmiris are being “butchered by men in uniform everywhere, has exposed New Delhi’s tall claims.”
He said “While on one hand New Delhi claims J&K to be its crown but has been bulldozing Kashmiris everyday one way or the other.”