SRINAGAR: Controversial Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid was today detained in Kupwara district while he was on his way back to Srinagar after campaignig for boycott of a rally to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday, his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) said.
“Rashid was detained by a police party at Watergam while he was on way to Srinagar from the frontier district,” AIP spokesman Inam Un Nabi said.
He said the legislator held a series of public meetings in Kupwara, advising people not to attend the Prime Minister’s public rally in Srinagar on November 7 as a protest against the “high handedness” of the State.
The spokesman said Rashid was scheduled to visit Anantnag district of south Kashmir tomorrow in connection with his campaign.
He said the AIP will welcome the Prime Minister by hoisting black flags during his visit to the State.
Police refused to comment on the detention of the legislator. (AGENCIES)
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