ISLAMABAD, July 11: The Jammu Kashmir Students Liberation Front (JKSLF) here on Monday staged a demonstration in front of the Indian high commission against the desecration of the grave of Kashmiri freedom fighter Maqbool Butt in Tihar Jail, New Delhi. The protesters demanded that the Indian government should hand over the remains of their leader so that it could be buried in Kashmir with national honour.

The law-enforcement agencies and police did not allow the protesters to enter the Diplomatic Enclave. However, only a few representatives of the students body were allowed to proceed and present a memorandum to the officials of the Indian high commission, while the rest of the activists demonstrated on the Constitutional Avenue.

In the memorandum addressed to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the students condemned the “inhuman and most uncivilized act” of desecration of the grave of Maqbool Butt.