Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was Friday detained by the police after he tried to march towards Anantnag to lead a protest rally called by Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) in Anantnag today.
Sources said that a posse of policemen deployed outside his Nigeen residence where he was under house arrest detained Mirwaiz after he tried to defy restrictions.
An official said that Mirwaiz was lodged at Nigeen police station.
Earlier, Mirwaiz tweeted that he will defy house arrest at 12.30 pm and “try to march towards Islambad as per the programme of JRL to show solidarity with the people of south Kashmir who continue to bear the severe brunt of occupation!”
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