15 Muslim League activits arrested in Kashmir

Srinagar, Sept 9: About 15 activists of the Muslim League here were taken into preventive custody for violating prohibitory orders.
Official sources said that a group of League leaders and other activists took to the streets in the city today to protest the killing of two of its members in an alleged fake encounter at Pulwama in south Kashmir on August 31.

Demanding action against the security forces for killing them, the processonists marched through different streets. However, they were taken into preventive custody at Tankipora, near here.

The chairman of the League, Masarat Alam, said Abdul Rashid and Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar were heading home after attending the party meeting when they were arrested by security forces.

He alleged that both were later killed in a fake encounter and labelled as militants.

Mr Alam said that Zaragar, district commander of the League, had written a letter to President A P J Abdul Kalam and the Chief Justice of India in which he had alleged that he was being harassed by the senior security force officer.

Later, on the directions of the Chief Justice of India, sessions judge, Poonch, was appointed to probe the allegations of Zargar, he said and added that Zargar was being pressurised to withdraw the case and was even offered money by the officer.

UNI