Srinagar: Expressing hope that the people of Srinagar and north Kashmir will follow the suits of Anantnag Lok Sabha polls, Huriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani Friday stated that the ongoing polls in valley are being conducted under the barrel of gun.
The senior separatist leader in a statement to KNS stated that a massive crackdown has been launched against the Huriyat G leaders and activists with most of the people associated with the amalgam are being either detained at various police stations or kept under house arrest.
The statement reads further that the state government has launched a massive hunt against the Huriyat- G leadership and activists in North and Central Kashmir.
The detailed statement informed that Mir Hafizulah, Abdul Ahad parry Along with his son, G.H.Dar, G.H. Malik, Abdul Ahad Parray including several others have been detained from North Kashmir. The Huriyat- G spokesman added that Peer Abdul Rashid- the office superintendent of Huriyat-G was detained by the police in Srinagar. “Amir Ali and Aijaz Sofi-n the senior leaders of Huriyat- G have been detained from Choodara.”
While castigating the state authorities over raising tall claims of elections and democracy from the state, Geelani quoted by the statement said that the Huriyat- G in its entire poll boycott campaign did everything peacefully and that no untoward incident was reported during its campaign.
The spokesman maintained that its Bandipora district President Ameer Hamza and Kupwara’s Mohamad Yousuf Lone have also been detained by the police. “Also with the top Huriyat leadership including Syed Ali Geelani and Mohammad Ashraf Sehraie have been kept under house arrest. Ayaz Akbar, Per Saifullah and Raja Mohi-ud-din have been kept detained at Huriyat- G office from the last several days.” (KNS)