SRINAGAR – In Occupied Kashmir, Indian police arrested Chairman ofHurriyat Forum Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and the Chief of Jammu and KashmirLiberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik after they tried to lead amarch towards Indian army headquarters in Badami Bagh, Srinagar on Monday.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was arrested after he defied his house arrest and triedto march towards Badami Bagh army base in Srinagar as a mark of protestagainst the civilian killings by Indian troops in Pulwama on Saturday.

As Mirwaiz came out of his Nigeen residence and tried to march along withdozens of his supporters towards the Badami Bagh base, a police contingentdeployed near his residence thwarted the march and detained the Mirwaiz andhis supporters.