SRINAGAR: Indian security forces detained two top Muslim leaders in Kashmir and enforced a strict curfew for a second day to prevent separatists from holding a protest rally.
Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who head the hardline and moderate factions of the region's main separatist alliance, were detained in overnight raids on their residences in the summer capital Srinagar, police said. The Hurriat leaders had planned to address the rally today at 10am at Lal roundabout. However, they were arrested ahead of rally.According to media reports, Indian forces raided houses of Shabir Shah, Yasin Malik and Naeem Ahmed and other leaders but they could not be arrested.
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