Hurriyat leader Geelani put under house arrest on eve of 'anti-national' seminar
June 13, 2015  20:52
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Several leaders of hardline Hurriyat Conference including chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani were today put under house arrest by authorities to foil the plans of the amalgam to hold a controversial seminar tomorrow that was dubbed as 'ant-national'.

A posse of policemen has been deployed outside the residence of Geelani and no one is allowed to enter or leave the premises, a spokesman of the Hurriyat said.

The police action came even as Jammu and Kashmir government said it will not allow "anti-India" activities in the state. "No such rally or seminar will be allowed in the land of Jammu and Kashmir since we feel it will be anti-national activity," Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said.

"The law will take its own course," he said, adding," no anti-national activity can be allowed on any part of the country."

A Hurriyat spokesman said Muhammad Ashruf Sehrai, Ayaz Akbar and Raja Mehraj-ud-din were the others who were placed under house arrest on the eve of the planned seminar. Police officials refused to confirm or deny the house arrest of the separatist leaders.
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