<p class="title">JKLF chief Yasin Malik was today detained while moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest to prevent the separatists from leading protests, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Malik was taken into custody from his Maisuma residence this morning, a police official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said Malik has been lodged in police station Kothibagh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said Mirwaiz was placed under house arrest at his Nigeen residence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani continued to remain under house detention.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The separatists, under the banner of Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), on Tuesday called for a protest strike for today against the killing of civilians allegedly in security forces firing recently and the killing of veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bukhari was shot dead, along with his two personal guards, outside his office in Press Enclave here on 14 June by unknown gunmen.</p>
<p class="title">JKLF chief Yasin Malik was today detained while moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest to prevent the separatists from leading protests, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Malik was taken into custody from his Maisuma residence this morning, a police official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said Malik has been lodged in police station Kothibagh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said Mirwaiz was placed under house arrest at his Nigeen residence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani continued to remain under house detention.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The separatists, under the banner of Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), on Tuesday called for a protest strike for today against the killing of civilians allegedly in security forces firing recently and the killing of veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bukhari was shot dead, along with his two personal guards, outside his office in Press Enclave here on 14 June by unknown gunmen.</p>