Police today arrested Er. Rasheed on way to Kupwara, where he had to attend a Seminar organized by Awami Itihaad Party to pay tributes to Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhat. Er. Rasheed was detained in Handwara by police, however he along with hundreds of protesters defied strict police restrictions and started a march towards Kupwara. A heavy contingent of police stopped the procession and used force to disperse them. Er. Rasheed along with ten activists was arrested and taken to police station Handwara. Speaking to media persons on the occasion, Er. Rasheed reiterated that sacrifices of Kashmiri nation would not go waste and the state oppression will have to end sooner or later. He said “New Delhi must answer if Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru were terrorists, why people do not forget them after so many years and why New Delhi has to impose curfew like restrictions even in remotest villages on eve of anniversaries of these Kashmiri hero’s. For every Kashmiri Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat are victims India’s colonial attitude. While GOI offered dead bodies of Ajmal Qasab and Yaqoob Memen to their families but proved brutal, inhuman and ruthless by not returning even mortal remains of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat”. Er. Rasheed added that had Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat been terrorists India would never have been so scared of handing over their dead bodies and asked Indians that if Raj Guru, Sukh Dev and Bhagat Singh were Indian hero’s, how could Afzal Guru , Maqbool Bhat and others be labelled as terrorists. (GNS)