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JKLF chief Yasin Malik detained in Srinagar

Last updated on: March 11, 2011 21:30 IST
Security personnel detain Yasin Malik with other JKLF activists in Srinagar on Friday

Pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik was detained on Friday evening along with other activists while they were carrying out a torchlight procession to protest against 'the killings and arrests in Kashmir.'

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JKLF chief Yasin Malik detained in Srinagar

Last updated on: March 11, 2011 21:30 IST
Malik and other JKLF activists in a candlelight vigil in Srinagar

Scores of JKLF activists had joined the procession in the uptown Maisuma locality of Srinagar, shouting pro- independence slogans.

They later marched in the locality near Lal Chowk, the city centre.

JKLF chief Yasin Malik detained in Srinagar

Last updated on: March 11, 2011 21:30 IST
Security personnel detain Yasin Malik with other JKLF activists in Srinagar on Friday.

The police, however, intercepted the procession and detained Malik along with other activists who were shifted to the local police station.

The hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has called for a strike on Saturday to protest against 'the recent spate of arrests in Kashmir'.