Rally fallout: Hurriyet leader under house arrest

Indian authorities put veteran Hurriyet leader Syed Ali Gilani once again under house arrest on Thursday evening, a day before he was scheduled to lead a protest march to Tral town of Pulwama district, according to media reports. According to KMS Police have been deployed around the residence of Gilani and a police vehicle stands blocking the main entrance gate of the pro-freedom leader’s home in Hyderpora. Meanwhile, the Indian police also raided the house of the senior Hurriyet leader Masarat Alam Butt. A day after Pakistani flags were waved at Alam’s rally in Srinagar, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed called it “unacceptable” and something illegal, which will not be tolerated.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 17^th, 2015.