In occupied Kashmir, veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has said that the occupation authorities are using house arrest as a tool to disconnect him from the people. According to KMS, Syed Ali Gilani in a media interview in Srinagar said that placing him under house arrest despite puppet Chief Minister, Omar Abdullahs statement clearly showed that police was at the helm of affairs in the occupied territory. The authorities are leaving no stone unturned to de-link me from my people by using the house arrest as a tool. If the Government can hold a senior leader like me hostage on gun-point, the fate of common Kashmiris can be imagined, he said. The veteran Hurriyet leader said that he was scheduled to address a rally at Humhama on Friday to mark the death anniversary of people killed there during last years uprising. He said that thousands of people were scheduled to participate in the rally during which the forum would have pressed for release of political prisoners. However, as I stepped out of my house, a heavy contingent of police stopped me saying I have been placed under house arrest, he added. Syed Ali Gilani said that he inquired from the duty officer about the order by virtue of which he had been placed under house arrest. The duty officer told me that he has received orders from his seniors not to allow me to move out of the house, he stated. He pointed out that in collusion with the Indian intelligence agencies, the puppet administration had been trying to defame Kashmiris peaceful movement. He said that despite such pressure tactics, the people of Kashmir would continue to carry forward their movement to its logical conclusion. Pertinently, a member of Amnesty International, Bikramjeet Batra, during a visit to Gilanis house on May 25 had taken strong exception to illegal detention of the veteran leader. Batra had asked the police to show the formal order under which Gilani was not allowed to move outside his house. However, the policemen posted outside the house said they had served no order but were following the orders of their superiors. Later, police had allowed the veteran leader to move for a few days. The spokesman of Gilanis forum, Ayaz Akbar said that they had filed a writ petition in the Court to challenge the house arrest of the veteran leader. This year Gilani Sahib was only free for 60 days. He was imprisoned under Public Safety Act for nearly 40 days, last year. After his release, he was continuously kept under house arrest for 140 days without giving him grounds of detention, he added.