Top separatist leaders including chairmen of both the factions of Hurriyat Conference were on Wednesday placed under house arrest, a day ahead of their plans to hold a meeting in Anantnag for the youth who died of injuries suffered in a petrol bomb attack recently. Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, head of the moderate Hurriyat faction Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan and Zafar Akbar Bhat were placed under house arrest, a police official said. Chairman of JKLF Mohammad Yasin Malik, Javaid Ahmad Mir and…
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