SRINAGAR: Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Saturday placed under house detention just a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
“Ahead of @narendramodi visit, panic buttons pressed by the authoritarian state and control tightened as searches and CASO conducted even in Lal Chowk! Today morning I was put under #HouseArrest!” Mirwaiz said on Twitter.