Handwara, July 13 -- Senior political leader Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan was reportedly barred from performing Fatiha Khawani at Mazar-e-Shuhadaa in Handwara on the anniversary of the July 13, 1931 martyrs. In a statement, Ramzan said he had been "unjustly placed under house arrest," along with several colleagues, without any explanation or legal grounds. "My party workers were stopped at multiple checkpoints, blocked and dispersed to prevent them from reaching Mazar-e-Shuhadaa in Handwara," he said. Ramzan termed the restrictions as "a blatant assault on civil liberties and democratic values," adding that Handwara was placed under an undeclared lockdown. "Every entry point into Handwara was sealed... with massive deployment of police and CRP...