Kashmiri separatist leaders put under house arrest, released later

Kashmiri separatist leaders were released by authorities hours after their house- arrest in Srinagar indicating a confused response to their proposed meeting with Pakistan's NSA Sartaj Aziz.

Separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani,Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Moulvi Abbas Ansari and JKLF leader Yasin Malik had been placed under house arrest in the morning.

The house arrest-- and subsequent release -- came three days ahead of their meeting with Pakistan's NSA Sartaj Aziz when he visits India for talks.

There is no word yet on when the separatist leaders would travel to New Delhi for the meeting.

Authorities had put up stop gates and deployed police personnel outside the houses before informing the separatist leaders not to step out.

As per Hindustan Times, Police Sources said that the steps were taken to prevent the separatists from going to Delhi to meet Sartaj Aziz.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is meeting Sartaj Aziz on Sunday in New Delhi for talks on countering terror.

The national security advisers’ meeting is part of the understanding reached between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit held in Ufa, Russia in July.

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