Mirwaiz placed under house arrest ahead of JRL seminar

SRINAGAR, JULY 24 (PTK): Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest, just hours ahead of a seminar being organized by the Joint Resistance Leadership in Abi Guzar area of Srinagar.

A spokesman said that a police party reached at the Nigeen residence of the Mirwaiz and put him under detention.

He said that Mirwaiz was scheduled to travel to Abi Guzar for a seminar to mark one year in prison of Hurriyat leaders arrested by the National Investigation Agency.

The spokesman said that the forces also sealed the Mirwaiz Manzil in Downtown Srinagar.