Mirwaiz Umer Farooq placed under house arrest
The development comes ahead of post-Friday prayers protests called by separatists against the custodial death of Rizwan Asad Pandit, a 28-year-old private school teacher, on Monday.
By : migrator
Update: 2019-03-22 11:45 GMT
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir authorities have place senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq under house arrest here on Friday.
On Thursday, National Conference leaders Ali Muhammad Sagar, Nasir Sogami and others took carried out a protest march from the Nawa-e-Subha party headquarters here demanding stern action against those responsible for Pandit's death.
According to the police, Pandit was arrested last week in connection with a militancy related case.
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