JKLF in IHK Condemns arrest of Zahoor Butt by Indian forces.

JKLF in Indian Held Kashmir Condemns arrest of Zahoor Butt by Indian forces.

Srinagar: 18 Nov 2010:  Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front-JKLF- in a statement issued by Senior Vice Chairman S M Afzal from Srinagar, has strongly condemned the arrest by Indian occupation forces, of senior JKLF leader Zahoor Ahmed Butt in Indian Held Kashmir.

Addressing Eid congregation prayers in historical Jamia Mosque Trehgam, S M Afzal has strongly condemned this cowardly act by the Indian authorities and called on them to release Zahoor Butt without delay and not to infringe his civil and political liberties as a citizen of the state.

S M Afzal said the JKLF Diplomatic wing based in London have already started to make representations to various human rights bodies and other public figures for his immediate release.

Earlier on Monday 15 November, Zahoor Butt, the youngest brother of martyred JKLF leader Maqbool Butt, was on his way to Trehgam for Eid when personnel of the Special Operations Group appeared near Drugmulla and pounced upon him and bundled him into a Gypsy

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