Srinagar, December 17 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the authorities have placed the All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, senior Hurriyet leaders, Syed Ali Gilani, Shabbir Ahmed Shah and Nayeem Ahmad Khan, under house arrest to prevent them from addressing Juma congregations and participating in Muharram processions, today.
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was arrested along with a dozen of Awami Action Committee (AAC) activists and three journalists when a huge contingent of SOG and paramilitary CRPF troopers cordoned off Mirwaiz Manzil in Rajouri Kadal and forcibly took Mirwaiz along.
"Mirwaiz along with 15 activists of Awami Action Committee (AAC) were arrested from the Mirwaiz manzil, the head office of AAC at Rajouri Kadal " APHC spokesman said.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar told media men, "Mirwaiz has been taken into preventive custody and shifted to his residence at Nigeen, and put him under house arrest while other activists were lodged in different police stations."
Source: Kashmir Media Service (KMS).
Link: http://www.kmsnews.org/news/mirwaiz-gilani-shabbir-placed-under-house-arrest-0.
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