Srinagar: Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani was today detained by Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar.
Geelani was arrested for defying restrictions and marching to ‘Martyrs graveyard’ in downtown area of the city.
Geelani, who was under house arrest, was detained by the police on the airport road outside his residence in uptown Hyderpora after he defied restrictions and tried to take out a march towards the Martyrs graveyard to commemorate the 85th anniversary of those who laid down their lives fighting the Aristocratic rule in the state in 1931.
Geelani was detained by the police outside his residence as he tried to defy restrictions, a police official said.
(With PTI inputs)