Amarnath row: Fresh protests in Kashmir

Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 9:09 am

Peaceful protests were held today (September 4) at several places in the Kashmir valley as authorities put separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik under house arrest, official sources said.

A large crowd tried to break into Geelani’s residence and bring the hardline leader out from confinement, they said.

They said police resorted to lathicharge and used teargas shells to disperse the mob, leading to clashes between the two sides.

A police officer was injured in the stone-pelting by the mob, the sources added.

Protests were held outside all major mosques and shrines in the Valley on the call of the coordination committee — an amalgam of all major separatist outfits of the valley, the sources said.

The authorities put Geelani, Malik, and Mirwaiz under house arrest fearing that the presence of these leaders at Friday congregations could lead to law and order problems.

Geelani had said he would offer Friday prayers at the Hazratbal Shrine but was confined to his residence at Hyderpora by a posse of policemen early today.

Reports of peaceful demonstrations after Friday prayers were also received from Anantnag, Baramulla, Bandipora, Budgam, Pulwama, Kupwara, Ganderbal, Shopian and Kulgam districts.

The coordination committee has called for a general strike tomorrow.

PTI

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Amarnath row: Fresh protests in Kashmir

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