‘Geelani placed under house arrest’

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) Thursday said that its chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani was placed under house arrest by police ahead of his scheduled address to a Friday gathering at TRC mosque here tomorrow. 

Hurriyat spokesman said while a large contingent of police keeps 24-hour vigil on residence-cum-office of Geelani, police informed that restrictions have been imposed on movement of the octogenarian leader. “Neither any written order from administration nor court was produced by police to impose restrictions on 82-year-old and all this is being done at gunpoint,” the spokesman added.