Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Dec 9: Police today arrested former chief of banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Javed Ahmad Mir and another former leader of the outfit in a nearly three-decade old case.
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A police official said that Javeed Ahmad Mir alias Javeed Nalka, son of Mohammad Yousuf Mir and a resident of Zaina Kadal, Srinagar, was arrested by Shergari Police today.
The official said that Mir was wanted for his alleged involvement in a decades-old militancy-related case registered at Police Station Shergari.
He is accused in FIR No. 192/1996, registered under Sections 341, 148, 336, 332 of the RPC, 7/27 Arms Act, and Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, dating back to 17 July 1996.
Police said Mir has been detained at Police Station Shergari, where further legal proceedings are underway.
Before joining separatist political activities, Mir was commander in chief of banned JKLF in the early 1990s.
Police also arrested Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi from Bemina area of Srinagar. Bakshi founded Islamic Students League. Later he joined JKLF and after a few years distanced himself from the outfit.
The Police official said that Mir and Bakshi along with others were accused of leading a large procession in July 1996, during which a mob carrying the body of slain militant Hilal Ahmad Beigh clashed with police at Naaz Crossing, Srinagar.
The mob allegedly indulged in stone pelting, rioting, and anti-India sloganeering, resulting in injuries to police personnel and damage to public property.
According to the FIR, the then SHO Shergarhi attempted to stop the mob, but they turned aggressive. Mir and Bakshi, along with Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Abdul Gani Lone, Shabir Shah, Mohammad Yaqoob Wakeel and Nayeem Ahmad Khan, is accused of provoking the crowd and violating provisions of the Ranbir Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Arms Act.
While Geelani, Lone, and Wakeel have passed away, Shabir Shah and Nayeem Khan are currently lodged in Tihar Jail in separate NIA cases.
Mir and Bakshi’s arrest is expected to bring fresh momentum to a case that has remained unresolved for nearly 29 years. The case will now proceed to its conclusion after completing legal procedures.
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