The police on Thursday resorted to force to quell activists of breakaway Hurriyat Conference in Srinagar,
agitating against the
awarding of death sentence to Mohammad Afzal Guru, prime accused in the December 13 Parliament attack, in Tihar jail on October 20.
Meanwhile, the breakaway HC has given a general strike call on Friday in protest against the court's order. About 35 leaders and activists of the HC and Democratic Liberation Party were also taken into custody while five, including a woman, were injured in police action.
The HC activists led by the General Secretary Ghulam