Geelani, Shabir Shah put under house arrest

Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Shabir Ahmad Shah, who had been organising poll-boycott campaign in the Kashmir Valley, have been put under house arrest in view of elections to Anantnag seat.

Chairman of breakaway Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Ahmad Shah, who had been organising poll-boycott campaign in the Kashmir Valley, have been put under house arrest in view of elections to Anantnag Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday.

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Official sources said Geelani and Shah were last night put under house arrest at Hyderpora and Rawalpora respectively.

They had been violating prohibitory orders by holding anti-poll rallies with support of other separatist leaders like JKLF chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik and People's League head Sheikh Abdul Aziz.