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Indian police arrest Yasin Malik, other leaders in Srinagar
January 21, 2019

Indian police has arrested several Hurriyat leaders including Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, in Srinagar, on Monday.

The police took Muhammad Yasin Malik into custody from his residence in Maisuma area of Srinagar to prevent him from participating in programmes being held, today, in connection with the 29th anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre.

The Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has called for complete shutdown in Gaw Kadal and adjacent areas.

The JRL has also called for a march towards Gaw Kadal to hold a public meeting, on Monday.

Over 50 civilians were killed after the troops of Indian Central Reserve Police Force resorted to indiscriminate firing on demonstrators at Gaw Kadal on this day in 1990.