Police detain Shia mourners in Kashmir capital

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday detained dozens of Shia mourners to prevent them from taking out a Muharram procession in Batamaloo area of Srinagar.

The authorities have imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar falling under the jurisdiction of Shaheed Gunj, Batamaloo, Sherghari, Kothibagh, Ram Munshi Bagh, Maisuma, and Kral Khud police stations to foil the procession.

The mourners were shouting ‘Labaik Ya Hussain’ and marching towards Shaheed Gunj, the place from where 8th Muharram procession used to start before culminating at Dalgate.

However, before the mourners could reach there, police swung into action and detained around a dozen mourners before bundling them in their vehicles and whisking them away.

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