Srinagar, Apr 2: Chairmen of both the factions of Hurriyat Conference (HC) Syed Ali Shah Geelani
and Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq were placed under house arrest, while JKLF chief
Mohammad Yaseen Malik was detained on Monday morning in the summer capital,
Srinagar.
The move by the administration comes in view of strike called
by separatists against the killing of four civilians in security force action
and 13 militants in three separate encounters in south Kashmir on Sunday. Three
Army jawans were martyred in the encounters. Over 50 civilians were also
injured in the clashes near the encounter sites.
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik, has called for a strike on Monday against the killing of civilians and militants.
“Mr Geelani was again placed under house arrest on Sunday evening at his Hyderpora residence in the uptown, where security forces were deployed to prevent him from coming out,” a hardline HC spokesperson said.
The hardline HC chairman was released on March 30 after remaining under house arrest for about eight years. The development had come just a day after Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid said that Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik were free to go anywhere they wish to. Dr Vaid, however, had said the trio should not make 'anti-national' speeches or create a law and order problem.
A spokesman for the moderate HC on Monday said a large number of security forces and state police personnel were deployed outside the Nigeen house of the Mirwaiz on Sunday evening.
He said a senior police officer informed the Mirwaiz that he has been put under house arrest and cannot leave till further orders.
Meanwhile, Mr Malik was arrested this morning from his Maisuma residence, where authorities have imposed restrictions along with Shehar-e-Khas (SeK), downtown and Kralkhud to prevent any demonstration on Monday, when separatists had called for a general strike in protest against killing of four civilians and 13 militants in different incidents in south Kashmir on Sunday. UNI
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik, has called for a strike on Monday against the killing of civilians and militants.
“Mr Geelani was again placed under house arrest on Sunday evening at his Hyderpora residence in the uptown, where security forces were deployed to prevent him from coming out,” a hardline HC spokesperson said.
The hardline HC chairman was released on March 30 after remaining under house arrest for about eight years. The development had come just a day after Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid said that Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik were free to go anywhere they wish to. Dr Vaid, however, had said the trio should not make 'anti-national' speeches or create a law and order problem.
A spokesman for the moderate HC on Monday said a large number of security forces and state police personnel were deployed outside the Nigeen house of the Mirwaiz on Sunday evening.
He said a senior police officer informed the Mirwaiz that he has been put under house arrest and cannot leave till further orders.
Meanwhile, Mr Malik was arrested this morning from his Maisuma residence, where authorities have imposed restrictions along with Shehar-e-Khas (SeK), downtown and Kralkhud to prevent any demonstration on Monday, when separatists had called for a general strike in protest against killing of four civilians and 13 militants in different incidents in south Kashmir on Sunday. UNI
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