Police on Monday foiled the protest march of Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) and detained its leader Farooq Ahmed Dar along with several traders who tried to march towards to the United Nations Military observer group office Sonwar.Carrying banners and chanting slogans, traders assembled at Lalchowk to register their protest against attempts to abrogate special status of Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar. As soon as the protesters tried to march towards UNMOGIP Sonwar, police detained them.Co-Chairman, KEA, Farooq Ahmad Dar said, “We had planned a peaceful march towards UN to submit the memorandum so that we can ask them to impress upon the GOI for dismissal of petition filed in the Supreme Court of India for abrogation of Article 35-A.”He said their memorandum urged the UN to play its role in maintaining peace in Jammu Kashmir by bringing both India and Pakistan on negotiation table for the permanent resolution of Kashmir dispute.The members of KEA had started to take out a rally from Lal Chowk towards the UN office but were subsequently detained by the police near Hanief Motors, Lal Chowk. (PTK)