April 25
The Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Mohammed Yasin Malik has called off his hunger strike after 12 days’ time adding that he will not hesitate to give up his life for the people of Kashmir and its freedom movement.
“Concocted cases” and prolonged detentions cannot break our resolve and I will keep striving for freedom till my last breath, said Yasin Malik who was on Wednesday presented before a special NIA court at Delhi which remanded him to judicial custody till May 24, a party spokesperson said.
Yasin Malik, as per a press release by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front was shifted back to Tihar Jail.
“JKLF chairman was arbitrarily shifted to Delhi from Kot Balwal jail, Jammu on April 9 where he was lodged under draconian PSA, slapped on him on 7th March 2019. He was arrested by NIA on the same day in a politically motivated and concocted case of 2017 in which more than dozen Kashmiri leaders are already languishing in Tihar Jail. He was remanded for questioning till 22nd April and taken to NIA headquarters.”
After many days when his health deteriorated he was secretly shifted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi by NIA. He was kept in a dilapidated room, handcuffed wherein authorities tried to force him to break his fast but failed to do so.
Yasin’s Legal counsel was allowed to meet him on 20th April and on the same evening, a magistrate was brought to the hospital that remanded Yasin on a judicial custody till 24th April and ordered NIA to shift him to Tihar Jail.
JKLF chairman finally called off his protest hunger strike after 12 days and was shifted to TIhar Jail, the press release added.
Meanwhile, in a message sent out from court, JKLF chairman has said that “freedom movements and freedom fighters do not fear concocted cases and frivolous charges”.
These tactics have always failed and are bound to fail in future too, he said, according to the spokesperson.