Shutdown: Hurriyat calls for Kashmir band on May 21 to pay tribute to Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone

Shutdown: Hurriyat calls for Kashmir band on May 21 to pay tribute to Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone

The Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday called for a bandh in Kashmir to pay tributes to Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone on their death anniversary on May 21. The separatist amalgam asked people to visit Eidgah, where the two leaders have been laid to rest, and offer prayers for them. Abdul Gani Lone, a prominent Hurriyat leader, was assassinated in 2002 during a rally to mark the death anniversary of former Mirwaiz of Kashmir Moulvi Mohammad Farooq in Srinagar. Moulvi Farooq, the father of…

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