Srinagar, Oct 01: Police fired teargas shells and resorted to lathicharge to quell fresh violent protests held here today against death sentence given to Mohammad Afzal Guru
in 2001 Parliament attack case and detained six JKLF leaders, official sources said.
The demonstrations, which resumed today after a day's
break, were staged at Batmaloo and Maisuma areas of the city.
'Don't repeat Maqboolb Bhat (JKLF founder) by hanging
Afzal Guru' said some placards carried by women protesters who
gathered outside the shrine of Sufi Saint Hazrat Sheikh Dawood
at Batmaloo. The protest was held by the JKLF.
Police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the protestors
and later took JKLF leaders Ghulam Rasool Dar Eidi, Sheikh
Abdul Rashid, Noor Mohammad Kalwal and Mushtaq Ajmal into
preventive custody, sources added.
Minutes after the protest, groups of youth gathered at
Maisuma, the JKLF headquarters in the heart of the city, and
pelted police and passing vehicles with stones, besides
setting up roadblocks by setting tyres ablaze.
Police retaliated by firing teargas shells and a ding-dong
battle between protesters and law-enforcers was on when last
reports were received.
However, there was no report of any casualty, the
sources said.
Kashmir valley was rocked by violent protests after a
Delhi court on September 26 fixed October 20 for hanging Afzal
in Tihar jail in Delhi.
Bureau Report
