Police foil anti-GST protest in Valley, KTMF president Yasin Khan and others detained

Police on Tuesday foiled a sit-in programme of the trade bodies outside the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly complex here by arresting several leaders and activists. The trade leaders were protesting outside the assembly while the House was being re-convened to debate implementation of the controversial GST bill. Scores of protesting trade leaders, including Showkat Chowdhary, Zahoor Tramboo and Faiz Bakshi, among others, were arrested by the police. Former chairman Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mubeen Shah was placed under house arrest earlier today, said a trade leader. Meanwhile,…

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