This Article is From Apr 21, 2010

Srinagar: Controversial seminar organiser arrested

Srinagar: The organiser of a seminar in Srinagar has been arrested in connection with his plans to playout recorded speeches of terrorists Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar on Kashmir issue.

Along with him, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader, Javed Ahmed Mir, has also been arrested.

The leaders of both factions of the Hurriyat, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Yasin Malik have been invited to the seminar.

Hizbul chief Saeed Salahuddin and some PoK based Hurriyat leaders are also likely to give tele-addresses.

As a standard rule, no meeting espousing a secessionist cause is allowed under the law. So the state police is authorised to make preventive arrests.

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