Hardliner separatist in Indian-controlled Kashmir detained
Hardliner separatist in Indian-controlled Kashmir detained
16:10, November 20, 2009 
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The chairman of the hardline faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference in India-controlled Kashmiri, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has been detained by police to prevent him from addressing a rally on Friday at Pulwama district, said a Hurriyat spokesman Friday.
Geelani who was Thursday granted bail by a local court after his arrest on Tuesday, was re-arrested and sent on three-day judicial remand.
"Earlier he was arrested while trying to enter Government Medical College to address the students but yesterday when we went with the bail order seeking his release, we were told he has been arrested again for entering into Kashmir University and addressing there," said Ayaz Akbar, the spokesperson of separatist alliance.
The senior separatist leader last week entered University in Srinagar and addressed the student community inside the campus.
The faction headed by Geelani has called for a strike in Pulwama district, 46 km south of Srinagar, the capital of India-controlled Kashmir. The strike has been called to protest the land occupied by the Indian troopers in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Geelanio has started a campaign demanding vacation of land under army and paramilitary troopers stationed in the region and has been calling for strike and protest demonstration separately in every district on Fridays.
Earlier he has managed to reach two districts - Shopian and Baramulla on Fridays in the past weeks but was prevented from reaching Kulgam and Kupwara.
"Though we had made it clear that ours is an awareness program, where in we peacefully raise awareness level of the people about the political issues and hazards of militarization but government has been impeding our program," Ayaz said.
According to the figures provided by separatist alliance Indian army and paramilitary troopers have occupied 138,057 hectares or 276, 1140 kannals of land across the region.
Meanwhile, the New Delhi has initiated a quiet diplomacy with the separatists in the region to find an end to the ongoing conflict in the region.
Source: Xinhua
Geelani who was Thursday granted bail by a local court after his arrest on Tuesday, was re-arrested and sent on three-day judicial remand.
"Earlier he was arrested while trying to enter Government Medical College to address the students but yesterday when we went with the bail order seeking his release, we were told he has been arrested again for entering into Kashmir University and addressing there," said Ayaz Akbar, the spokesperson of separatist alliance.
The senior separatist leader last week entered University in Srinagar and addressed the student community inside the campus.
The faction headed by Geelani has called for a strike in Pulwama district, 46 km south of Srinagar, the capital of India-controlled Kashmir. The strike has been called to protest the land occupied by the Indian troopers in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Geelanio has started a campaign demanding vacation of land under army and paramilitary troopers stationed in the region and has been calling for strike and protest demonstration separately in every district on Fridays.
Earlier he has managed to reach two districts - Shopian and Baramulla on Fridays in the past weeks but was prevented from reaching Kulgam and Kupwara.
"Though we had made it clear that ours is an awareness program, where in we peacefully raise awareness level of the people about the political issues and hazards of militarization but government has been impeding our program," Ayaz said.
According to the figures provided by separatist alliance Indian army and paramilitary troopers have occupied 138,057 hectares or 276, 1140 kannals of land across the region.
Meanwhile, the New Delhi has initiated a quiet diplomacy with the separatists in the region to find an end to the ongoing conflict in the region.
Source: Xinhua
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