The curfew comes in the wake of Lal Chowk Chalo march call given by Coordination Committee, a separatist conglomerate, to press for its demands which include opening of Line of Control (LoC) roads for trade, release of all detainees and revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

A number of separatist leaders including JKLF leader Yaseen Malik were put under preventive custody. Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was shifted to a hospital after he complained of pain in lower abdomen.

Among those placed under house arrest were Chairman of moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith chief Maulana Showkat besides senior separatist leaders Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Lone and Sajjad Lone.

Police had launched a manhunt for Nayeem Khan, a separatist leader. A number of separatist leaders – Shabir Shah, Masarat Alam and Asiya Andrabi -- have been arrested earlier.