Summary Shabbir Shah arrived in New Delhi to meet Sartaj Aziz ahead of NSA-level talks.
New Delhi (Web Desk) - Indian police have arrested senior Hurriyat leader and the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, the Indian media reported.
The police took Shabbir Ahmed Shah into custody from the airport, today, soon after he arrived there to meet Pakistan National Security Advisor, Sartaj Aziz in the Indian capital.
On Monday, the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi invited the Hurriyet leaders to meet Sartaj Aziz during a reception party being hosted by the High Commission in the honour of Sartaj Aziz.
Earlier, talking to mediamen in Srinagar before leaving for New Delhi, Shabbir Ahmed Shah said that India and Pakistan talks must go on.
“The talks must go on to subside the pressure on both sides of the Line of Control,” he added.
He brushed aside the furore over the meeting of Hurriyat leaders with Sartaj Aziz ahead of the National Security Advisor-level talks between Pakistan and India and said,
“We have been meeting them (Pakistan leaders) since 25 years, even during the NDA and UPA rule.”
On the other hand, the veteran Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Geelani, continues to remain under house arrest in Srinagar. The authorities have strengthened the deployment around his residence.
Indian police have also arrested other Hurriyat leaders including Muhammad Yousuf Naqash, Syed Bashir Andrabi and Mir Hafeezullah in Srinagar.
