Separatist and terror sympathizer Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Saturday detained after he defied house arrest and tried to march towards Lal Chowk city centre here to demand the resolution of the Kashmir issue during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state. Farooq, who was under house arrest, came out of his Nigeen residence and tried to march towards Lal Chowk, a police official said. He said a posse of policemen, waiting outside his house, took the Hurriyat chairman into preventive custody and shifted him to the Nigeen Police Station.

Separatist and terror sympathizer Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Saturday detained after he defied house arrest and tried to march towards Lal Chowk city centre here to demand the resolution of the Kashmir issue during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state. Farooq, who was under house arrest, came out of his Nigeen residence and tried to march towards Lal Chowk, a police official said. He said a posse of policemen, waiting outside his house, took the Hurriyat chairman into preventive custody and shifted him to the Nigeen Police Station.