During his visits and interactions with different sections of the people, Geelani will apprise them about ongoing freedom struggle and the future strategy, the Hurriyat spokesman said. He said that Geelani was confined to his residence for the last three years without any formal court order. There were no written instruction from the administration, Akbar said. He said in 2010, Geelani after his release from Cheshmashahi was placed under house arrest at his residence at Hyderpora. In year 2011 and 2012, he was allowed to move outside his residence only on a few occasions. However, the year 2013 proved to be more tough, he said. During current year, Geelani remained under house arrest for 236 days. He was not even allowed to offer Friday prayers and Eid prayers. This way he missed 34 congregational Friday prayers in a row and was not even permitted to join different events with his relatives. Lastupdate on : Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:30:00 Makkah time Lastupdate on : Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:30:00 GMT Lastupdate on : Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:00:00 IST Srinagar, Oct 29: The 236-day long siege on Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani was lifted last night when police dismantled the makeshift bunker outside his residence here. Hurriyat (G) spokesman Ayaz Akbar said Geelani would start his political activities from Friday by addressing a public meeting in Sopore after which he would pay a visit to the residence of Muhammad Afzal Guru, who was sent to the gallows on February 9 this year. According to a statement issued here, Akbar said the police siege outside Geelanis Hyderpora residence was lifted after three years. The makeshift police bunker outside Geelanis residence was dismantled Monday night. A senior police officer informed Geelani that they have been directed to lift the siege, he said. Akbar said that Geelani would also visit the families of those killed in Gool, Kishtwar, Shopian, Tral and Markundal. During his visits and interactions with different sections of the people, Geelani will apprise them about ongoing freedom struggle and the future strategy, the Hurriyat spokesman said. He said that Geelani was confined to his residence for the last three years without any formal court order. There were no written instruction from the administration, Akbar said. He said in 2010, Geelani after his release from Cheshmashahi was placed under house arrest at his residence at Hyderpora. In year 2011 and 2012, he was allowed to move outside his residence only on a few occasions. However, the year 2013 proved to be more tough, he said. During current year, Geelani remained under house arrest for 236 days. He was not even allowed to offer Friday prayers and Eid prayers. This way he missed 34 congregational Friday prayers in a row and was not even permitted to join different events with his relatives.
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