CAMPUS ROOTS

A major development has surfaced in a nearly 29-year-old case with the arrest of separatist leader Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi  on Monday, reviving a long-pending investigation into the violence that erupted during a 1996 funeral procession at Naaz Crossing  in Srinagar. Separatist leader Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi taken into custody nearly 29 years after the 1996 Naaz Crossing violence case in Srinagar. According to officials, Bakshi is alleged to have instigated a mob in July 1996 durin