Restrictions imposed in parts of Srinagar ahead of separatists rally

May 21, 2017 14:20

Authorities today imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar - the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir ahead of a rally by the separatists.

Most of the separatists leaders, including moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the chairman of hardline Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, are under house detention.

The restrictions have been imposed in five police station areas of the city as a precautionary measure to prevent any untoward incident, district magistrate (deputy commissioner), Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Lone, said.

The separatists have called for a march to Eidgah to commemorate the death anniversary of Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq, father of moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and another Hurriyat leader Abdul Gani Lone.

Farooq was shot dead by militants on May 21, 1990 and Lone was killed by ultras during a commemoration rally for the former on the same day in 2002.

The curbs have been imposed in Nowhatta, M R Gunj, Rainawari, Khanyar and Safakadal all in the interior areas of the city, he said.

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