Srinagar, March 31 -- Hurriyat chairperson and Jamia Masjid chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday alleged he was put under house arrest ahead of the Eid prayers, terming the move 'oppressive and authoritarian'.

He said Eid prayers were not allowed at the Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar or the local Eidgah, posing questions over the claims of normalcy in Kashmir.

Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations passed peacefully with congregational prayers at the Hazratbal Shrine.

"I am deeply pained and strongly condemn the authorities' decision to once again deny the Muslims of Kashmir the basic right to offer Eid prayers at Eidgah and Jamia Masjid which have been closed down and I have been detained at home," Mirwaiz said in a post on micro-blogging ...