Srinagar, Dec. 10 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested the former chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Javed Mir, and Islamic Students League chief Shakeel Bakshi - in connection with a nearly three decade-old case of rioting.
Officials said the arrests came after both surrendered before a Srinagar court on separate days, with Bakshi presenting himself on Monday and Mir following on Tuesday. The arrest, officials said, is part of an ongoing effort to bring closure to long-pending cases from the peak of militancy in the 1990s.
The two were arrested in connection with a case registered in 1996 at Shergari police station of Srinagar which related to protests that had rocked the city against the killing of Hilal Beg, the foundin...