Mirwaiz was placed under house arrest on Saturday morning in view of fresh protests in some parts of the Valley over killing of the two youths in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district in an army operation on Monday, police officials said.
They said the house arrest of the separatist leaders was a preventive measure for maintaining law and order. Geelani and several other second rung separatist leaders continue to be under house arrest for the second consecutive day, the officials said.
These leaders were placed under house arrest on Friday to scuttle Geelani’s proposed march to Tral town for registering protest against the killing of the two youths, claimed to be innocent civilians by local residents.
However, the army has maintained that they were militants.
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