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Another Hurriyat leader released

By Shujaat Bukhari

JAMMU DEC. 22. After a break, due to criticism over the release of political detenus, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has re-started the process and released the senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and general secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Bashir Ahmed Bhat, today. The Hurriyat spokesman, Abdur Rashid Sheikh, also under detention is likely to be released in a couple of days.

Confirming the release, a Hurriyat spokesman said Mr. Bhat was arrested by the authorities on January 13 this year under the Public Safety Act and released from the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) in SrinagarHe had spent most of his detention period in the KoT-Balwal jail in Jammu from where, he along with Mr. Sheikh, were released on November 13, following court orders, after expiry of their term under the PSA. But, both were re-arrested and lodged in the Talab Tilloo police station in Jammu. Mr. Bhat's release follows the freeing of the JKLF chairman, Yaseen Malik, and others.

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