Ahead of their Delhi visit, resistance leaders arrested, placed under detention

Srinagar, September 09: Hours before their scheduled visit to Delhi to protest outside NIA headquarters, police have arrested resistance leader Yasin Malik while placed Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani under house arrest.




A police official confirmed to GNS that the trio have been detained. The official when asked whether the resistance leadership would be allowed to fly to Delhi said: “yes, but only if they don’t mobilise people.”
The police official added that they have received information that resistance leaders were planning mass rally before their departure to Delhi and that’s why action was initiated against them in advance.(GNS)