Yasin Malik detained on way to Sopore

Separatist Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Mohammad Yaseen Malik was today detained by police at Highgam village en route to curfew-bound Sopore town of north Kashmir where two persons were killed in fire allegedly by CRPF.

Separatist Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Mohammad Yaseen Malik was today detained by police at Highgam village en route to curfew-bound Sopore town of north Kashmir where two persons were killed in fire allegedly by CRPF.

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Malik, who was released from Srinagar central jail last night, was detained when he was leading a delegation of the party to Sopore, official said.

A JKLF spokesman termed the police action as "undemocratic".