Srinagar, July 30 -- Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday congratulated the security forces for eliminating the terrorists responsible for the killing of tourists in Pahalgam. He appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to announce the release of the over two thousand people who had been arrested merely on suspicion after the Pahalgam attack.

He said, "I congratulate the security forces for successfully neutralizing the terrorists who brutally murdered innocent tourists in Pahalgam on April 22. In light of this development, I believe there is no longer any justification for continuing to detain the more than two thousand individuals who were taken into custody merely on suspicion following the Pahalgam terror attack. I appeal...