Authorities on Tuesday placed Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest, ahead of a seminar in Abi Guzar area of Srinagar, organized by Joint Resistance Leadership, (JRL).
According to a spokesman, Mirwaiz was put under house arrest on today morning after a police party reached to Mirwaiz’s Nigeen residence.
The spokesman added that, on JRL’s programme, Mirwaiz was scheduled to travel to Abi Guzar Lal Chowk for a seminar to mark one year in prison of Hurriyat leaders arrested by the National Investigation Agency.
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