“No security forces or cover should be provided, under any pretext, to them or any other separatist. The police headquarters will withdraw the security of other separatist leaders as well, the spokesperson added. Some other key separatist leaders, such as Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mohammad Yasin Malik, also do not receive security cover. Police sources said the 42 policemen deployed for the security of the five separatist leaders named in the order were being withdrawn. He was the only separatist leader to criticise the move to remove the security cover.

Source: The Telegraph February 17, 2019 21:33 UTC