Security cover of 18 Hurriyat leaders, 155 politicians withdrawn

The security cover of 18 separatist leaders and 155 politicians, including PDP leader Wahid Parra and IAS officer Shah Faesal, was withdrawn by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday. Among the leaders whose security has been downgraded and withdrawn are: Shahid ul Islam, Zaffar Akbar Bhat, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, Farooq Ahmed Kichloo, Masroor Abbas Ansari, Aga Syed Abul Hussain and Abdul Gani Shah, Mohd Musadiq Bhat.