Protest Against Truck Driver’s Death: Yasin Malik Held, 6 Hurt

JKLF leader Yasin Malik detained in J&K for protesting against Udhampur truck driver’s death over beef ban.

JKLF leader Yasin Malik detained in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: PTI)

At least six people were injured as protesters clashed with law enforcement agencies during a protest against the death of truck driver Zahid Rasool Bhat in a petrol bomb attack on October 9.

Protests in Lal Chowk, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: PTI)

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Yasin Malik was detained, after he visited the victim’s family, for leading a rally in a village in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.

JKLF leader Yasin Malik detained by police. (Photo: PTI)

24-year-old Bhat was killed after a mob hurled petrol bomb on three trucks in the district after carcasses of cows were found on the streets in the region

Even as the police said there was no restriction on the movement of people in Anantnag, security personnel were deployed in sensitive areas to maintain law and order.

Clashes between forces and protesters broke out in Batengoo, the native village of Zahid, Goriwan-Bijbehara, Anantnag town, Qoimoh and Khudwani in Kulgam town, police said.

Police fire teargas as protests turn violent in Lal Chowk, Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

Yasin Malik was detained along with four others shortly after they visited the residence of slain trucker Zahid.

(With PTI inputs.)