Top separatist Masarat Alam sent back to jail
(AP) - Indian police arrested a top separatist leader today on accusations he spearheaded months of massive protests against Indian rule in Kashmir. Masarat Alam was taken into custody this evening in a suburb in Srinagar, the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a top police officer said, calling the arrest a "significant success" for government forces. "Unlike other separatists, he was leading these protests from the underground," he said. More»
