Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik was on Sunday detained at Occupied Srinagar Airport soon after his arrival from Delhi and "escorted to his home" here. Police said that Yasin Malik, who returned from Pakistan after over seven-week stay on Saturday, was detained at the airport and escorted to his home at Maisuma.
Malik, however, claimed that he has been put under house arrest. "Malik was taken into custody by police within the airport premises and later taken out through the back gate," a spokesman of JKLF said.
Authorities said the step was taken due to apprehension of breach of peace following Malik's return to the Occupied Kashmir Valley.
Kashmir has been rocked by protests since the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on February 9, which has resulted in the death of four persons and injuries to scores of others.
The militants have threatened to continue the protests till their demand for return of mortal remains of Guru and JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat who was also hanged in Delhi's Tihar jail on February 11, 1984, is met.
Malik has been under attack for meeting Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Saeed in Pakistan and his return to Indian capital on Saturday saw protests by Shiv Sena activists at the airport.
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