JKPM leader among 3 detained in south Kashmir

A Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement (JKPM) leader and two party workers were allegedly detained in south Kashmir on Saturday.

JKPM’s party leader in south Kashmir, advocate Farooq AhmadGanaie from Duroo Shahabad, and party functionaries, Mohammad Jameel fromKokernag and Javaid Ahmad Khan from Shangus Utersoo, were allegedly detained.

   

A party official claimed that the trio was called up topolice stations and detained.

While talking to Greater Kashmir, JKPM president, Shah Faesal,said that his party men should be released without any delay. “I have told theauthorities that they should immediately release them. They should clarify onwhat grounds have the party men been detained. What crime have they committed?”he said.

He added, “On one side, they (authorities) are saying thatit is all rumor mongering, while on the other they are detaining mainstreamleaders.”

Earlier in the day, the JKPM president took to social mediaand said, “…Arrests of mainstream political leaders reflect the state ofongoing emergency around us. JK police should immediately come clear on theseunwarranted detentions before it escalates the panic further.”

A police official from south Kashmir told Greater Kashmirthat the three party men of JKPM have been taken into preventive custody. “Weare identifying mass mobilizers. They have been detained under that category,”he said.

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