J&K bars Hurriyat meet, puts Mirwaiz under house arrest

Update: 2010-09-15 00:00 GMT

SRINAGAR, Dec 1: A one-day Hurriyat session on Saturday here was disallowed by the Jammu and Kashmir authorities, who also placed separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq under house arrest.

"One day #Hurriyat workers/delegate session barred! Put again under #HouseArrest! Rajbagh office o f Hurriyat sealed! Not allowed any space or scope for any political activity!" Umer Farooq tweeted.

"So much for practising honest democracy Governor sahab!" he said taking a dig at Governor Satya Pal Malik.

The uptown Rajbagh office of the Hurriyat group was shut down to prevent any assembly of separatist forces. - IANS

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