Woh jab jail say bahir hota hai tab bhi uski zindagi jail jaisi hoti hai. No wait not only is this statement true for Musarrat Alam but the whole of Kashmir.
Hum lay lain gay Kashmir. Just bear in mind hum apni cheez kabhi chortay nahi hain.
Indian police arrest Kashmiri leader over protest, raising pro-Pakistan slogans - World - DAWN.COM
Masarat Alam Bhat (R), a Kashmiri separatist leader, talks with an unidentified man at his residence in Srinagar. - Reuters/File
SRINAGAR: Indian police said that a top Kashmiri separatist leader has been arrested for leading an anti-India protest march and raising pro-Pakistan slogans earlier in the week.
Police officer K. Rajendra said Masarat Alam was arrested Friday under India's unlawful activities act.
He said police put two other separatist leaders, Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, under house arrest to prevent them from leading a planned march Friday to protest the killing of a militant commander's brother in India-held Kashmir.
The Indian army said the man was killed in a gun battle along with another militant on Monday, while his relatives and angry locals said he was tortured to death.
Indian forces have been fighting a separatist insurgency in the region since 1989.
Read: Kashmir's chief minister calls waving of Pakistani flag 'unacceptable'
The chief minister of Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, termed the waving of Pakistani flag at a Hurriyat rally as 'unacceptable', saying "it was illegal and could not be tolerated", according to reports by Indian media.
Masarat Alam, a likely successor to Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, had organised a rally in the restive summer capital of Indian-held Kashmir. The rally, which was attended by thousands, was held as a show of strength to welcome Geelani on his return from New Delhi.
However, hours after the rally, the chief minister received a call from Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh who demanded 'immediate and strict action' against the Hurriyat leader's demonstration. He also said that there could be no compromise on national security, as politics could not impinge on national security.
Read more: Kashmiri leader waves Pakistani flag at rally in Srinagar
Wahid Rehman Parra, youth president and spokesperson of Mufti Sayeed's People's Democratic Party, had said that 'separatists' cannot be denied the political space any longer.
"Separatism and Pakistan constituency in Kashmir is a reality and we have to deal with it. We can't deny democratic space to these people. It is an ideological battle now. We have to make them mainstream by giving them democratic space,"
India reacted furiously following the show of support for Pakistan at the Srinagar rally.
Masarat Alam was released from prison after four years on March 7 this year. The move drew a negative response from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said “I am angered and condemn the release, just like other lawmakers".
Know more: Release of Kashmiri separatist leader creates hurdles for Modi
Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP wants to bring the contested region into the Indian mainstream, while its regional partner, the PDP, supports self rule.
Hum lay lain gay Kashmir. Just bear in mind hum apni cheez kabhi chortay nahi hain.
Indian police arrest Kashmiri leader over protest, raising pro-Pakistan slogans - World - DAWN.COM
Masarat Alam Bhat (R), a Kashmiri separatist leader, talks with an unidentified man at his residence in Srinagar. - Reuters/File
SRINAGAR: Indian police said that a top Kashmiri separatist leader has been arrested for leading an anti-India protest march and raising pro-Pakistan slogans earlier in the week.
Police officer K. Rajendra said Masarat Alam was arrested Friday under India's unlawful activities act.
He said police put two other separatist leaders, Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, under house arrest to prevent them from leading a planned march Friday to protest the killing of a militant commander's brother in India-held Kashmir.
The Indian army said the man was killed in a gun battle along with another militant on Monday, while his relatives and angry locals said he was tortured to death.
Indian forces have been fighting a separatist insurgency in the region since 1989.
Read: Kashmir's chief minister calls waving of Pakistani flag 'unacceptable'
The chief minister of Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, termed the waving of Pakistani flag at a Hurriyat rally as 'unacceptable', saying "it was illegal and could not be tolerated", according to reports by Indian media.
Masarat Alam, a likely successor to Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, had organised a rally in the restive summer capital of Indian-held Kashmir. The rally, which was attended by thousands, was held as a show of strength to welcome Geelani on his return from New Delhi.
However, hours after the rally, the chief minister received a call from Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh who demanded 'immediate and strict action' against the Hurriyat leader's demonstration. He also said that there could be no compromise on national security, as politics could not impinge on national security.
Read more: Kashmiri leader waves Pakistani flag at rally in Srinagar
Wahid Rehman Parra, youth president and spokesperson of Mufti Sayeed's People's Democratic Party, had said that 'separatists' cannot be denied the political space any longer.
"Separatism and Pakistan constituency in Kashmir is a reality and we have to deal with it. We can't deny democratic space to these people. It is an ideological battle now. We have to make them mainstream by giving them democratic space,"
India reacted furiously following the show of support for Pakistan at the Srinagar rally.
Masarat Alam was released from prison after four years on March 7 this year. The move drew a negative response from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said “I am angered and condemn the release, just like other lawmakers".
Know more: Release of Kashmiri separatist leader creates hurdles for Modi
Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP wants to bring the contested region into the Indian mainstream, while its regional partner, the PDP, supports self rule.
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