Srinagar: Apprehending breach of peace,
authorities have barred chairman of hardline Hurriyat faction
Syed Ali Shah Geelani from visiting Shopian town in south
Kashmir tomorrow to hold a public rally.
"Following the orders of District Magistrate Srinagar,
Geelani will not be allowed to move towards Shopian town
tomorrow," a police spokesman said this evening
Geelani was planning to visit Shopian, 55 kms from
here, tomorrow to lead a rally as part of a protest programme.
The spokesman said it has been observed on a number of
previous occasions that whenever Geelani visited a public
place, incidents of stone pelting and disruption in peace were
reported.
"On April 22, when he visited Baramulla town of north
Kashmir and on May 6, when he visited Batamaloo in Central
Srinagar, stone pelting incidents were reported which
disrupted the peace in these areas, besides injuring a number
of persons and damage to property," the spokesman said.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, May 12, 2011, 23:08