People's Conference chief Sajad Lone put under house arrest on father's death anniversary
Sajad Gani Lone, president of the People's Conference, has been placed under house arrest on the anniversary of his father's death. His father, Abdul Gani Lone, was killed by terrorists in 2002. The party has condemned this action as undemocratic and harmful to public sentiment.
- ▪Sajad Gani Lone was put under house arrest on May 21, 2026, the 24th anniversary of his father's death.
- ▪Abdul Gani Lone was shot dead by terrorists in 2002 after attending a rally.
- ▪The People's Conference party criticized the house arrest as undemocratic and damaging to democratic values.
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People's Conference president Sajad Gani Lone has put under house arrest on the 24th death anniversary of his father, the party claimed on Thursday (May 21, 2026).Abdul Gani Lone was shot dead by terrorists on May 21, 2002, as he left a Hurriyat Conference rally held to pay tributes to Mirwaiz Moulvi Mohammad Farooq, who too was gunned down by militants on the same day 12 years earlier."The Jammu & Kashmir People's Conference strongly condemns the house arrest of its President and MLA Handwara, Sajad Gani Lone, on the death anniversary of Shaheed Abdul Gani Lone," the party said in a statement.It called the house arrest of the party president and Handwara MLA, undemocratic."Such actions hurt public sentiments and weaken democratic values," the party said.
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