Jammu and Kashmir Muslim league activists detained

Five activists of Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League, including its secretary, were today detained by police when they were holding a news conference here.

In the morning, police raided a local hotel, the venue of the conference, and took into custody four activists - Mohammad Maqbool, Ghulam Mohammad Dar, Sofi Jehangir and Ghulam Nabi Ganai, official sources said.

Police, however, gave no reason for their detention.

All four were taken to Kothibagh police station.

The press conference, convened to make some merger announcements, was shifted to the League's central office in Raj Bagh locality but police raided the place too and took into custody secretary Abdul Ahad Parrah, the sources said.