Updated On: 23 February, 2019 08:05 AM IST | Srinagar | PTI
Malik's detention comes ahead of a crucial hearing on Article 35-A in Supreme Court which is likely to take place on Monday (February 25).

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Srinagar: Kashmiri separatist and JKLF chief Yasin Malik was detained by the police late on Friday night. The cops apprehended him from his Maisuma residence here. He reportedly has been taken to the Kothibagh Police Station.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chief Yasin Malik was detained from his residence in Srinagar last night, ahead of hearing on Article 35A in Supreme Court which is likely to take place on Monday. pic.twitter.com/S8c9QFhG1e