Eulogizing tributes paid to Maqbool Bhat

	Shah detained at Mir-Gund police station
	Srinagar, February 11: Crippling strike was observed in Kashmir on Friday to mark the 27th martyrdom anniversary of prominent Kashmiri liberation leader and founder member of JKNF Muhammad Maqbool Butt. All business establishments, government and private institutions remained closed and transport was off the road. The call for the strike was given by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leaders Shabir Ahmad Shah, Syed Ali Gilani, ,the High Court Bar Association and other leaders. Pertinently, Muhammad Maqbool Butt was hanged to death by indian authorities in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on the 11th of February in 1984 for his leading role in Kashmir liberation movement and his body was buried in the jail premises. The occupation authorities had imposed restrictions and deployed thousands of police and paramilitary personnel in Srinagar and other cities and towns to prevent people from taking out processions. Despite restrictions, people took to the streets in Srinagar and staged protest demonstrations. Several protestors chanting, pro-freedom slogans were arrested and many were injured when the paramilitary forces resorted to violence. DFP chief, Shabir Ahmad Shah was arested by police and CRPF personnel and detained him at Mirgund police station along with his dozens of Party workers.Shah was schdulad to visit trehgam to pay tributes to Shaheed Mohammad Maqbool bhat. Shah was proceeding towards Trehgam, the ancestral village of Mohammad Maqbool Butt. Meanwhile, convener of APHC-M Pak chapter Mehmood Ahmed Saghar paid rich tributes to the JKLF leader and said that the deceased leader’s indomitable role and peerless contribution would be remembered for a long time in the history of Kashmir.