09:13 July 12
Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Ashraf Sehrai arrested
Srinagar: Ashraf Sehrai, a senior separatist leader and a close associate of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was arrested in Srinagar city on Sunday morning, police sources said.
Sehrai, Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, was arrested from his house in Barzalla area.
Sehrai was under house arrest since August 5 last year when the Centre abrogated Article 370 and 35A of the Constitution.
Sehrai's son Junaid had joined militant ranks in March 2018. Junaid was killed in an encounter with the security forces in Nawakadal area of old Srinagar city on May 19 this year.
The police action comes days after veteran separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani announced his complete disassociation from politics.
Sehrai had taken over from Geelani and was representing the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat at All Party Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of 26 separatist parties.
This faction of the Hurriyat is different from the one led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who has favoured dialogue as a means to end the violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
(With inputs from agencies)
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