Srinagar, November 17 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani was arrested in Srinagar, today.

The spokesman of the forum patronised by Syed Ali Gilani told media men that the senior Hurriyet leader was scheduled to address doctors and students of Government Medical College at Karan Nagar this afternoon.

He was taken into custody and lodged in police station Shergrahi.

He said that Syed Ali Gilani, who addressed students at Kashmir University recently, was getting invitations from different educational institutions to visit them. “Today he was scheduled to address in the GMC but was arrested near the main gate of the college,” the spokesman said.

Earlier, addressing a press conference at his residence in Srinagar, today, Syed Ali Gilani had announced that in the fifth phase of district-wise protests against the occupation of Kashmiris’ private land by Indian troops, complete strike would be observed in Pulwama district on Friday. He said that a mammoth rally would also be organised in Pulwama. »