Srinagar, May 22 -- People's Conference chairman Sajjad Lone and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq were placed under house arrest on the death anniversaries of their fathers, Abdul Gani Lone and Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq.

Abdul Gani Lone was killed on May 21, 2002, while Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq was killed on the same date in 1990.

Lone and Mirwaiz condemned their house arrest, saying they were not allowed to pay tributes at the Martyrs' Graveyard, Eidgah, where both leaders are buried.

"I, along with my colleagues at the J&K PC, were to go to the Martyrs' Graveyard today to offer Fateh for my father, who was martyred 22 years ago on May 21 by terrorists. But the police came early in the morning and informed me that I have been placed under house arrest. We ...