Both factions of Hurriyat Conference condemn police action in JNU Archives

Both factions of Hurriyat Conference on Friday condemned the arrest of JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with an event on the campus against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, saying the action is “undemocratic”. “The police action on the (JNU) students was undemocratic,” moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said in a statement here. Terming the police reaction “uncalled-for”, Mirwaiz, who is in Delhi, claimed the organisers were in no way involved in any “illegal activity”. Kanhaiya was arrested this afternoon after police had picked him…