Yasin Malik under house arrest in J&K

Srinagar (IANS): Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was placed under house arrest on Sunday immediately after his arrival in Srinagar.A posse of local police detained Malik at the Srinagar International Airport and escorted him to his Maisuma residence in the city.This was the first time Malik came to Srinagar after the hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on February 9. In Pakistan to visit his wife and daughter, he had been caught up in controversy following the presence of Jamaat-ud-Dawa and 26/11 attack accused chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed at a JKLF function in Pakistan which Malik had attended.Speaking to media persons at his home, Malik clarified that he had been to Pakistan on a personal visit to meet his wife and daughter."I was in Pakistan when I learnt about Afzal's hanging in Tihar jail. Afzal's hanging was the murder of justice and the judicial process. I sat on a 24-hour-long hunger strike to attract international attention towards the plight of Kashmiris and the denial of a fair trial to Afzal Guru." "During a JKLF function, which was attended by many people, Hafeez Muhammad Saeed also came there," he said alleging that Saeed's presence was highlighted in order to divert world attention from the happenings in Kashmir