Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front led by
Muhammad Yasin Malik paid glowing tributes to Shaheed Maqbool Bhat on his death
anniversary and demanded that his mortal remains should be returned to Kashmir.
In a statement here the party said tributes were paid to the slain leader in
both parts of Kashmir.
A large rally was organised in Muzaffarabad in
connection with the event. Similar functions were held in Kashmir as well.
Meanwhile, JKLF secretary general, Muhammad Rafiq Dar in a memorandum to
United Nations, Secretary General, Kofi Annan asked that Maqbool who was hanged
in Tihar Jail and his mortal remains buried there.
“Today, on his 22nd death
anniversary we protest and demand to the UN to force India to handover the
remains of Shaheed Maqbool Butt to Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front that
includes the dead body of our beloved leader,” a copy of the memorandum to Annan
read.