Mehbooba’s U-turn, Separatists Geelani, Farooq freed : Sainik Colony Row

Ignoring the opposition from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday retracted her decision to put separatists leaders, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest to prevent them from holding a protest rally against the proposal to set up a Sainik Colony in Kashmir. The separatist leaders Geelani and Farooq, who were arrested earlier today ahead of their meeting on the Sainik Colony issue, have been released. Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik, who was also…

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