Jammu and Kashmir: Yasin Malik arrested in Srinagar

A spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front said Yasin ​Malik was arrested from his residence in Maisuma area.

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday arrested Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik.

A spokesman of the JKLF said Malik was arrested from his residence in Maisuma area.

A police official said Malik has been taken into preventive custody ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

The JKLF chief has been shifted to central jail Srinagar, the official said. 

Malik along with Hurriyat leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has been spearheading the separatist resistance in the Kashmir Valley for over one year.