A special court in New Delhi has sentenced Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik to life in prison for funding terrorist activities and other charges....
A special court in New Delhi has sentenced Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik to life in prison for funding terrorist activities and other charges.
According to NDTV, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India had demanded death sentence for Yasin Malik, head of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), while defense counsel Omar Imprisonment was requested.
Lawyer Umesh Sharma said that the court had sentenced Yasin Malik twice to death and five times to 10 years rigorous imprisonment. Is.
Yassin Malik has been sentenced to various prison terms and fines in various cases
Hurriyat leaders can file a petition in the High Court against their sentence.
Yassin Malik had earlier been convicted in a terrorism funding case under all charges, including the Strict Prevention of Illegal Activities Act (UAPA).
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During the hearing, Yasin Malik said that if he was guilty then why did the Indian government issue me a passport under Atal Bihari Vajpayee so that he could travel around the world and talk.
He said that he had abandoned the armed struggle in 1994 and followed the principles of Mahatma Gandhi and since then he has been pursuing non-violent politics in occupied Kashmir.
He challenged the Indian intelligence agencies to prove that Hurriyat leaders have been involved in any terrorist activity or violence for the last 28 years, if they prove it, they will retire from politics and be hanged. Will hang on
Yasin Malik's wife Mashaal Hussain Malik said in a tweet that "this punishment is illegal, the Indian kangaroo court ruled in minutes, well known leaders will never surrender".
In Srinagar, the capital of Occupied Kashmir, police fired tear gas and pellets to disperse protesters and stone-throwers outside Yasin Malik.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, in a tweet on a social networking site, called today a "dark day" for Indian democracy and its justice system, saying that India could physically imprison Yasin Malik, but he would not allow this freedom. He can never capture the image of which he is a symbol.
He said that the life imprisonment of a brave leader who fought for independence would give a new impetus to the right of Kashmiris to self-determination.
Finance Minister and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that "Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik strongly condemns the unjust punishment meted out in the fraud case."
He said that India could never silence the voice of Kashmiris for independence and right to self-determination. Pakistan stood by the Kashmiri brothers and sisters and would continue to extend all possible cooperation in their just struggle.
It may be recalled that on May 19, a Delhi court had convicted Kashmiri freedom fighter Yasin Malik in a case of financing terrorism.
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