Shabir Shah put under house arrest in Kashmir

Srinagar, Oct 11 (UNI) Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmad Shah was put under house arrest in Srinagar this afternoon.

Mr Shah told UNI over phone that he was scheduled to visit the house of one Irshad Ahmad Lone who died in a hospital at Delhi allegedly due to torture.

Mr Shah said a large number of police personnel have been deployed outside his Rawalpora residence this afternoon.

He said a senior police officer informed him that he has been put under house arrest and he cannot leave until further orders.

Police used teargas shells and resorted to a baton change to disperse demonstrators protesting against the death of Irshad.

About two hundred youths took to streets at Chanapora in the uptown this afternoon demanding inquiry into the death of Irshad.

As the demonstrators, raising slogans, reached near Natipora crossing in a procession, police tried to stop them.

They pelted stones on police and passing vehicle, forcing police to fire teargas shells after repeated lathicharges failed to have any affect on them.

Shops and business establishments in Chanapora and adjoining areas remained closed in protest against the death.

Traffic on the Sriangar-Charar-e-Sharief also remained suspended for several hours.

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