Srinagar: Restrictions placed to prevent separatist rally, Mirwaiz Farooq put under house arrest
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Shabir Shah have been placed under house arrest to prevent their participation in the rally.
In Short
- Authorities impose restrictions Srinagar to foil a proposed separatist rally.
- Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Shabir Shah have been placed under house arrest.
- Rally was called to commemorate death anniversaries of separatist leaders.
The authorities on Sunday imposed restrictions in old city areas of Srinagar and put separatist leaders under house arrest to foil a proposed rally called by the separatists, to maintain law and order situation in the Valley.
"The restrictions have been imposed to maintain law and order. These are preventive in nature", a senior police officer said.
"Restrictions have been imposed in areas falling under the jurisdiction of five police stations of Srinagar including Nowhatta, MR Gunj, Khanyar, Rainawari and Safa Kadai," the police officer added.
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Shabir Shah have been placed under house arrest to prevent their participation in the joint separatist rally.
Separatists have called a rally on Sunday at Eidgah ground in Srinagar to commemorate the death anniversaries of two senior separatist leaders Mirwaiz Maulana Muhammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone killed by unknown gunmen.
The separatists have reiterated their appeal to people of Kashmir to peacefully march towards the the slain separatists' graveyard in Eidgah.
Mirwaiz Farooq was killed inside his Nigeen residence by gunmen on May 21, 1990 and another senior separatist leader, Lone was killed at the Eidgah ground by gunmen on May 21, 2002.
Separatists had announced a week long remembrance programme called the 'Hafta -e-Shahdat' (Martyrdom Week) which ends on May 21.
NAEEM KHAN SUSPENDED
Meanwhile, Hurriyat has suspended its leader Naeem Khan after an India Today expose showed him boasting about spreading unrest in the Valley with funding from Pakistan.
Along with Naeem Khan, caught on camera were Tehreek-E-Hurriyat's leader Gazi Javed Baba and JKLF chairman Farooq Ahmed Dar (Bitta Karate).
Naeem Khan's suspension from the party comes even as he continues to allege the sting by India Today was a fabricated story and the video was doctored.
(With inputs from IANS)
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