Lahore: Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Saeed held a rally in support of separatist leader Masarat Alam in Lahore on Friday. This rally came right after Alam was arrested for raising pro-Pakistani slogans and waving Pakistani flag in Srinagar on Syed Ali Shah Geelani's return from Delhi.
Despite the arrest, Alam remained defiant and said that the scheduled rally in Tral against the death of a youth in an encounter with Army will continue as planned.
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani though remains under house arrest. Both the Hurriyat hardliners were slated to hold a rally in Tral.
The action comes after the Bharatiya Janata Party, an ally in the Jammu and Kashmir government, threatened to skip the next Cabinet meeting if Masarat was not arrested.
Masarat Alam has been booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act after he waved the Pakistan flags to greet Geelani at a rally in Srinagar on Wednesday. During the rally, Alam, released from jail in March, had praised founder of Lashker-e-Taiba terror outfit Hafeez Mohammed Sayeed and asked people to join hands with his outfit.
Flayed for allowing Geelani to hold rally in Srinagar on Wednesday, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had asked the police to deny permission for a rally in Tral.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police registered an FIR against Geelani, Alam and another separatist leader from Hurriyat Conference under various sections of Ranbir Penal Code and Unlawful (Activities) Prevention Act.
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