New Delhi, July 14 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah alleged on July 13 that the prominent leaders from ruling and opposition parties were not allowed to leave their houses to prevent them from visiting the graveyard of 1931 martyrs in Srinagar.

The detentions, which were not officially confirmed by police, were widely reported by leaders who posted videos and pictures showing their gates locked by security personnel to stop them from going to the Naqshband Sahib graveyard near Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar to pay tributes to the 'martyrs.'

"13th July massacre is our Jallianwala Bagh. The people who laid down their lives did so against the British. Kashmir was being ruled under the British Paramountcy. What a shame that ...