Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 27: Police today foiled the protest march by PDP activists, who were demonstrating against detention of Mehbooba Mufti and other leaders, alleged harassment of youngsters, gag on media and human rights violations in Kashmir.
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As soon as the protesting PDP activists and their leaders marched in the form of a procession from the party headquarters in Srinagar, Police contingent stopped them and detained a number of protesters, including Abdul Hameed Kosheen, Dr Harbaksh Singh, Abdul Rouf Bath, Arif Laigaroo, Mushtaq Ahmad and Umar Dar, who were taken into custody.
Earlier the party leaders and activists from various areas converged at the party office and held a peaceful protest demonstration demanding the release of all jailed leaders of Kashmir, including PDP chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
“Several party leaders and activists gathered at the party headquarters in Srinagar today. The idea was to come together and stage a peaceful protest against continued illegal detentions of political leaders, elderly and youth of J&K who are languishing in various detention centers in and outside J&K. we also wanted to express anguish against harassment of our youth, media gag and gross human rights violations that have become a norm,” said PDP spokesman Syed Suhail Bukhari.
Those who attended the protest demonstration and addressed the gathering, included Syed Suhail Bukhari, Abdul Hamid Kosheen, Dr Harbaksh Singh, Nazir Ahmad Khan, Abdul Rouf Bath, Arif Laigaroo Abdul Gani Naseem, Haji Pervez, Mohammad Shafi Kundangar, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Abdul Salam Bhat, Manzoor Ahmad, Manzoor Trali, Taufeeq Shah, Farooq Ahmad, Abdul Qayoom Bath , Bashir Ahmad Beg, Dr Alii Muhammad, Abdul Hamid, Muhammad Sidiq, Mohsin Qayoom, Imtiyaz Reshi, Raja Waheed and others.
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