Srinagar
Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was arrested on Wednesday after he defied his house detention and tried to march towards Shopian.
Mirwaiz came out of his residence at Nigeen in Srinagar and tried to march towards Shopian.
An eyewitness said that Mirwaiz stood on his car for around ten minutes and addressed the people asking India to shun its rigid approach towards the Kashmir, adding that Mirwiaz tried to march towards Shopian but was arrested by the police.
Pertinently, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik had called for ‘Shopian Chalo’ today to express solidarity with the families of the youth who were killed in forces firing.
