Three Hurriyat leaders released in Delhi

NEW DELHI, APRIL 3. Three senior Hurriyat leaders, including its Chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, were released tonight here as part of efforts for restoration of peace in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said here.

Besides Mr. Geelani, two other members, Mr. Abdul Gani Bhat and Maulana Abbas Ansari were released at Delhi's Palam airport after over six months' detention under the Public Safety Act, the sources said. Earlier, the three were flown to Jammu from Jodhpur and were later shifted to Delhi following mounting tension in Anantnag district of south Kashmir.

The sources said the release would hopefully lend a helping hand in the efforts for restoration of peace in the State. Apart from Mr. Geelani, Mr. Bhat and Mr. Ansari, other prominent Hurriyat leaders, including chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Mr. Yaseen Malik, Mr. Javed Ahmed Mir and Mr. Mohammed Ashraf Sehrai are lodged in Jodhpur jail. The sources said the other leaders would also be released in a ``phased'' manner.

- PTI

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