SRINAGAR, April 30: Police in Indian-held Kashmir said on Monday they have arrested four Kashmiri separatists for organising a large anti-government rally.

“We have booked the four under the Public Safety Act (PSA),” a police officer told AFP, referring to possible charges that can carry a punishment of at least six months in jail.

The four were arrested for holding an unauthorised rally on April 22 to welcome back Syed Ali Geelani, leader of the hardline faction of the region's main separatist alliance, who had undergone cancer treatment in Mumbai.—AFP

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