The Hurriyat Conference on Sunday said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking the death penalty for Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik is "deeply disturbing" for the people of the erstwhile state.

“Unfortunately, one after other such directives and decrees are brought in by the authorities -who claim peace and development as their agenda, which seem a deliberate attempt to provoke and intimidate people and add to their concerns and fears,” Hurriyat said in a statement.