All India President of Shiromani Akali Dal Simranjeet Singh Mann and 50 party activists were today detained and stopped from going to Kashmir at an inter-state toll plaza in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathuadistrict.
The activists, led by Mann, in half a dozen vehicles, were on their way to Kashmir from Amritsar and were detained at Lakhanpur of the district, police said.
The activists staged a protest at Lakhanpurwhile raising slogans to restore peace and stop atrocities in Kashmir.
"We are going to Kashmir with a message of peace and want to talk to all sections of society, government, public, hurriyat conference and otherparties as other political parties have failed to restorepeace in the state," Mann said.
He also condemned the using of pellet gun onprotesters in Kashmir.
