Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest on Saturday to prevent him from leading protests against the killing of a youth in downtown Srinagar.
A spokesman said that the Mirwaiz was placed under detention at his Nigeen residence.
Following his detention, Mirwaiz took to social media to condemn the death of Kaisar Ahmad, who was ploughed down by a Central Reserve Police Force vehicle during protests in old city yesterday.
“Downtown put under curfew Internet snapped while I placed under #HouseArrest barring me from addressing a rally on occasion of JungEbadr.All this while we lost another 21 year old youth Kaiser Bhat to Indian occupation as he was mowed to death by a CRPF vehicle,Deeply grieved!” tweeted Mirwaiz.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq✔@MirwaizKashmir
Downtown put under curfew Internet snapped while I placed under #HouseArrest barring me from addressing a rally on occasion of JungEbadr.All this while we lost another 21 year old youth Kaiser Bhat to Indian occupation as he was mowed to death by a CRPF vehicle,Deeply grieved!
Joint Resistance Leadership of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has called for shutdown in Kashmir today.
