Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik (C) looks at an Indian policeman who chases him and other protesters away during a protest in Srinagar June 28, 2008. Protests and complete shutdown continued for the sixth consecutive day on Saturday by Muslims angry with a government decision to transfer forest land to a Hindu shrine trust in Indian Kashmir. Authorities transferred nearly 100 acres (40 hectares) of forest land in Kashmir to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, a Hindu trust, to erect temporary shelters for thousands of Hindu pilgrims who annually trek to a cave shrine in the mountains. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 44 months ago

Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik (C) looks at an Indian policeman who chases him and other protesters away during a protest in Srinagar June 28, 2008. Protests and complete shutdown continued for the sixth consecutive day on Saturday by Muslims angry with a government decision to transfer forest land to a Hindu shrine trust in Indian Kashmir. Authorities transferred nearly 100 acres (40 hectares) of forest land in Kashmir to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, a Hindu trust, to erect temporary shelters for thousands of Hindu pilgrims who annually trek to a cave shrine in the mountains.

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