[Reader-list] CBI Asks Court To Cancel Malik’s Bail

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

CBI Asks Court To Cancel Malik's Bail

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Srinagar, Oct 11, KONS: *The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has
approached a Jammu court with a petition to cancel the bail of Jammu and
Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik, and his other
associates.

The others named in the petition include senior front leaders Javed Ahmad
Mir, Shaukat Ahmad Bakhshi, Muhammad Iqbal Gundroo, Manzoor Ahmad Sofi,
Javed Ahmad Zargar, Merajuddin Sheikh, Ali Muhammad Mir and Mir Muhammad
Ramzan.

According to JKLF sources, Yasin Malik and the others had not been able to
attend hearings in Jammu on July 12, August 1, and September 1 during the
Jammu agitation because the Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti and other
extremist groups had threatened them with attacks if they stepped into Jammu
city.

In view of the situation, their lawyer, Imtiyaz Ahmad Sofi, requested a
special court yesterday to exempt the accused from personnel appearance in
the hearings.

This prompted the special CBI prosecutor to ask the court to cancel the bail
of Malik and his associates.

Though the court exempted the accused from personal appearance in
yesterday's hearing, it directed the JKLF leaders  to produce themselves on
October 25 at Jammu.

The court hearing of the CBI's application would also take place on the same
date," the spokesman added.

Yasin Malik and other JKLF leaders are facing trial for their alleged
involvement in a militancy case way back in early ninetees. Malik has served
several years in prison already. He of late has been speaheading a mass
movement in Kashmir.

*CBI seeks revocation of Malik's bail**GK NEWS NETWORK

Greater Kashmir

* Updated at 1515 hours IST

Srinagar, Oct 11: Central Bureau of Investigation has filed an application
in the court seeking revocation of bail of the JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin
Malik and other front leaders for not appearing in person in the Jammu
court, sources said.

They said Malik and other leaders didn't appear in the Jammu court on July
12, August 1 and September 1, when agitation in the Jammu region against
land row was at its peak.

A spokesman of the JKLF in a statement here said that Malik and other
leaders couldn't go to Jammu as the activists of Amarnath yatra Sangharsh
Samiti had threatened them. " Their lawyer has filed an application in the
court to seek relaxation from the personal appearance. However, court has
ordered Malik and others to appear in person on October 25 at Jammu, and
hearing of the CBI's application would also take place on the same date,"
the spokesman added.