Shabir Shah still under house arrest in Kashmir

Srinagar, Oct 12: Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmad Shah remained under house arrest since yesterday afternoon, official sources said.

They said Shah was put under house arrest as a precautionary measure.

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 yesterday afternoon.

A senior police officer informed him that he cannot leave his house today also till further orders.

UNI