Srinagar: Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was arrested by the police here on Sunday.
Yasin Malik was arrested on Sunday and shifted to central jail Srinagar.
On Saturday, Malik visited Ratsuna village in Tral where he met the family members of top Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Sabzar Bhat and Faizan Ahmad who were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Saimoh village.
Sabzar Bhat had succeeded Burhan Wani as Hizbul’s commander in the valley after Wani was killed in a security operation on July 8, 2016, in Anantnag.
As a precautionary measure, the authorities suspended internet services on mobile phones on Saturday in addition to suspending outgoing call facility on prepaid mobile phones.
On Sunday morning, call facility, incoming and outgoing, were suspended on all mobile phones whether post paid and prepaid. Only postpaid BSNL mobile phones are working at the moment.