Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested the former secretary general Muslim League and senior Hurriyat Conference (G) senior leader in a raid late last night at Kralgund area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

Reports said that a police team arrested Muhammad Akram Nagar, son of Abdul Gaffar during a raid at Kralgund.

A police officer said that Akram is an “activist” of Hurriyat (G) and was evading arrest since 2015. “He is involved in many violence-related incidents,” he said.

Many FIRs including 30/2015, 68/ 2016 and  69/2016 under sections 148, 149, 336, 307 and 427 RPC stand registered in police station Kralgund against Akram, the officer said. (With inputs from GNS)

This post was published on February 14, 2019