SRINAGAR – Indian police on Tuesday arrested Jammu and Kashmir LiberationFront (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik in occupied Kashmir.
A JKLF spokesman in a statement issued said that a police party raided theparty office and arrested Muhammad Yasin Malik.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the arrest came ahead of the sham localbodies elections in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK). Kashmiri leadershipcomprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik had calledfor a complete boycott of the elections.
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India’s National Investigation Agency also carried out raids at theresidence of a prominent businessman in Srinagar.