Srinagar: Joint resistance leadership (JRL) has called for a complete shutdown on March 8 and protests after the Friday prayers.
JRL comprises of of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik.
“This spree of arrests, ban on Jamat-I-Islami and attempts to tinker with hereditary state subject law under the pretext of 35 A deserves our stiff protest and resistance and people of Kashmir besides holding peaceful protests after Friday prayers will also observe a complete and comprehensive shutdown tomorrow on 8thMarch 2019,” the spokesman said.
Yasin Malik was booked under PSA on Thursday and shifted to Kotbalwal Jail in Jammu.
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