Srinagar: Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah
Geelani on Thursday alleged the Central government was not serious
in resolving the Kashmir issue and was using the process of
interlocution as a delaying tactic.
"The government is not serious about dialogue. It is
using the process of interlocution as a delaying tactic," the
chairman of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference
said here.
"Despite promises to release political prisoners and
protesters, arrests continue unabated in the state," he said
in a statement here.
Notwithstanding assurances from Union Home Minister P
Chidambaram and appeals from three Central interlocutors to
release political detainees, more leaders were being arrested
under the PSA, the separatist leader said.
A person can be detained up to two years without trial
under the PSA.
PTI
