Authorities have placed Muslim Conference president and ex-chairman of Hurriyat Conference professor Abdul Ghani Bhat under house arrest at party headquarters Wazir-Bagh here,a MC spokesman said in a statement.
He said that a posse of policemen arrived at the party headquarters and asked Prof Bhat to stay indoors and not venture outside.
The spokesman condemned the crackdown against separatists and other religious leaders. “These tactics will not work and for peace the resolution of the Kashmir conflict is must. Dialogue is the only way to resolve the differences through peaceful means. To get this peace, we have to address the issues. No peace can exist in a war zone,” he added.