Separatists call for strike

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 22: Separatists today called for a Valley-wide protest shutdown tomorrow against the ill-treatment of JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik by NIA in Delhi and also against the NIA and ED raids against separatist leaders and other Kashmiris.
A statement issued by separatists said that the NIA highhandedness has in fact forced Malik to go on a hunger strike.
The life of already ailing Malik who is admitted at RML Hospital Delhi is in danger and Government is busy in playing with his life callously, the statement said.
They also said that the shutdown will also be observed to protest the highway ban and the suspension of cross LOC trade as both measures are “anti-people” causing great distress to people and affecting their livelihood.