SRINAGAR: Indian government has put Kashmiri separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik under house arrest apparently to prevent them from meeting Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz.
The move comes a day after Pakistan invited them to a ‘reception party’ at the Pakistani embassy in Delhi with Sartaj Aziz, the Hurriyat leaders had accepted the invitation and said they would meet Aziz to discuss their issues.
The move had raised tensions ahead of the NSA-level talks scheduled for 23 and 24 August in New Delhi, given that a similar situation last August had led to India cancelling foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan.
