SRINAGAR: Police arrested a prominent separatist leader in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) on Friday after he headlined at a rally where supporters waved Pakistani flags and chanted pro-Pakistan slogans.
Masarat Alam Bhat, who was released in March after several years behind bars, was arrested at his home in the main city of Srinagar, a day after police registered a case against him for "anti-national" activities.
"He (Bhat) has been arrested after a case for unlawful activity was registered against him," K. Rajendra, the state's director general of police, told AFP.
The case stems from a rally on Wednesday organised to welcome another leader Syed Ali Geelani on his return to Srinagar from New Delhi where he had spent the last three months receiving medical care.
Although the rally passed off peacefully, television images of Bhat leading a chorus of his supporters chanting "jeeve jeeve Pakistan (long live Pakistan)" and other slogans against India's rule of the disputed region triggered widespread condemnation from politicians and the media.
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