Srinagar, Jan 1: Three former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers and other key leaders of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) have been put under house arrest to prevent their proposed protest against the delimitation commission. The high-security zone, Gupkar Road in Srinagar, where Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah are staying was sealed off Saturday morning.
Other leaders who have been put under house arrest include Muzaffar Shah, Mustafa Kamal, M Y Tarigami and Khalida Shah.
The police have deployed security trucks outside the homes of the political leaders and no one is being allowed to enter or exit from there.
The Gupkar Alliance headed by Farooq Abdullah had announced a protest against the recently released delimitation commission draft proposal of allotment of assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir.
