The Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested 10 persons in a case pertaining to a conspiracy to revive the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), a banned organisation, and the Hurriyat, as reported by the news agency ANI on Tuesday. A case was filed under sections 10 and 13 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and section 121A of Indian Penal Code at Kothibagh police station. According to the police, the persons arrested, along with others, were planning to revive these organisations on the directions of their Pakistan-based handlers.
Initial investigation revealed that the arrested persons were in touch with entities based abroad, the Jammu and Kashmir police said in a statement. Few of them were members of groups that propagate secessionism like Kashmir Global Council, headed by Farooq Siddiqui, and Raja Muzaffer of JKLF, the statement read.
According to the statement, a meeting took place with the agenda of discussing strategy of revival under the garb of manufactured pretext. Initial investigation has also revealed that a similar meeting took place on June 13 which was attended by most of them.
The police said that investigation in the case is underway and some more arrests are likely in the case. The arrested persons were identified as Mohammad Yaseen Bhat of Nigeenbagh, Sgr, Mohammad Rafiq Pahloo from Natipora, Shams u din Rehmani frfom Lalbazar, Jahangeer Ahmad Bhat from Batengo, Sopore, Khurshid Ah Bhat from Rawalpora, Shabir Ah Dar from Badamwari Sopore, Sajad Hussain Gul from Panthachowk, Srinagar, Firdous Ah Shah from Abiguzar, Srinagar, Parray Hassan Firdous from Lawaypora, Srinagar, and Sohail Ahmad Mir from Peerbagh, Budgam), ANI reported.
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