Mohammad Yasin Malik News

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was on Saturday released on bail following a 13-day imprisonment at the Central Jail here.

Restrictions have been imposed in five police stations in downtown (old city) areas of Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

Muslims from all walks of life started making a beeline to Eidgahs (prayer ground) or mosques for offering Eid prayers as a thanksgiving for the month-long fasting of Ramazan.  

Authorities today prevented separatists from holding a meeting at residence of hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Hurriyat Conference​, placing several leaders including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest.

A police official said Malik has been shifted to central jail in Srinagar. He was arrested from his residence in Maisuma near Lal Chowk this morning.

 Separatists in Kashmir on Wednesday welcomed US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley's statement that the Trump administration would try and "find its place" in efforts to de-escalate Indo-Pak tension.

Ahead of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Separatist leaders on Thursday called for a Kashmir bandh on April 2. 

Making the announcement during his sermons after the Friday prayers at the Jamia Masjid here, moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said there is no precondition for the return of Pandits who are "part and parcel" of Kashmiri culture.

Separatist groups on Saturday hit out at former chief minister Farooq Abdullah for his statement on Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, claiming it was far from ground reality in the state.

JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was Tuesday detained along with four others shortly after they visited the residence of the slain trucker in south Kashmir.