Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir authorities have placed senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq under house arrest here on Friday.
The development comes ahead of post-Friday prayers protests called by separatists against the custodial death of Rizwan Asad Pandit, a 28-year-old private school teacher, on Monday.
On Thursday, National Conference leaders Ali Muhammad Sagar, Nasir Sogami and others carried out a protest march from the Nawa-e-Subha party headquarters here demanding stern action against those responsible for Pandit's death.
According to the police, Pandit was arrested last week in connection with a militancy related case.
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