Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday disallowed a Muharram procession in Lal Bazar area of Srinagar.
Reports said that senior Hurriyat leader Moulana Abbas Ansari would lead the procession from Gulshan Bagh Botta Kadal to Gulshan-e-Zehra Alamgari Bazar every year.
“This time, the authorities didn’t allow us to take out the procession, even as people had gathered here,” said a Botta Kadal resident.
Later, reports said that a procession was taken out from Alamgari Bazar area with hundreds of youths taking part.