Srinagar
Hurriyat (M) chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained on Friday after he defied his house detention and tried to march towards Shopian.
Reports said that on Friday afternoon Mirwaiz tried to go out of his Nigeen residence in Srinagar and to march towards Shopian.
However, a police party deployed outside detained the Mirwaiz and lodged him at Nigeen police station.
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has called for ‘Shopian Chalo’ on Friday to express solidarity with the families of five civilians killed on last week.