Yasin Malik, Masarat Alam detained in Jammu & Kashmir
By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 14, Apr 2015, 15:53 pm IST | UPDATED: 14, Apr 2015, 15:59 pm IST
Srinagar: Separatist leaders Yasin Malik and Masarat Alam were detained by police while they were on their way to Tral on Tuesday.
A day after a suspected militant was killed in Tral area of south Kashmir, fresh protests broke out when local residents clashed with the security forces.
At least 4 people were injured in the protests while family of the boy maintained he was innocent and was wrongly mistaken for a militant.
The security forces on Monday had killed the alleged militant in an encounter in Pulwama district.
Army personnel launched a search operation in Kamla Top forest area near Buchoo village of Tral following information about presence of militants in the area, army officials said.