Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest on the eve of hanging anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on Friday.
“As Martyrdom anniversaries of #ShaheedAfzalGuru and #ShaheedMaqboolBhat are being observed on 9th and 11 feb authorities have started crackdown on resistance leaders and activists, I have been just put placed under #HouseArrest,” Mirwaiz said on Twitter. Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has called for shutdown tomorrow to protest the secretive hanging of Guru.