Mirwaiz put under house arrest

SRINAGAR, (PTK): Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was put under house arrest on the eve of Jammu and Kashmir civic polls, a move he termed as “mockery of democracy”.

Taking to Twitter, Mirwaiz wrote: “Under #HouseArrest!Peculiar”Democratic”process of elections“gearing up “as huge deployment of forces,PSAs, incarcerations,house arrests,raids Curbs,internet bans gather momentum! Not to  mention the unknown contestants and amused public ! What mockery of democracy is at display!”

Jammu and Kashmir is going to vote for civic polls in first phase tomorrow.