Srinagar, August 20: Breakaway Hurriyat Conference (HC) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani was put under house arrest this morning while moderate HC Chairman Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq was released.
Official sources said Mr Geelani was put under arrest as a precautionary measure to prevent any law and order problem.
A spokesman for the HC Aiyaz Akbar told UNI that a large number of security forces and state police personnel had been deployed outside the Hyderpora residence of Mr Geelani at 1000 hrs.
–UNI