Mehbooba Mufti detained over Pulwama visit, Omar Abdullah says liberty a govt favour
Former J&K Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has said she is being detained at her residence along with daughter Iltija Mufti in order to prevent them from visiting the house of arrested PDP leader Waheed Ur Rehman Parra in Pulwama.
Former J&K Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has said she is being detained at her residence along with daughter Iltija Mufti in order to prevent them from visiting the house of arrested PDP leader Waheed Ur Rehman Parra in Pulwama.
Hitting out at the Jammu and Kashmir administration over the detention of Mehbooba Mufti, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said personal liberty is being treated as a favour by the government.
Police have also foiled a press conference scheduled by Mehbooba Mufti in Srinagar. Contingents of police personnel stopped journalists from entering her house.
"I've been illegally detained yet again. Since two days, JK admin has refused to allow me to visit @parawahid's family in Pulwama. BJP Ministers and their puppets are allowed to move around in every corner of Kashmir but security is a problem only in my case," Mehbooba Mufti tweeted on Friday.
Their cruelty knows no bounds. Waheed was arrested on baseless charges & I am not allowed to even console his family. Even my daughter Iltija has been placed under house arrest because she also wanted to visit Waheed’s family. — Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) November 27, 2020
"Their cruelty knows no bounds. Waheed was arrested on baseless charges and I am not allowed to even console his family. Even my daughter Iltija has been placed under house arrest because she also wanted to visit Waheed's family," Mufti further said.
Waheed Parra was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday for allegedly seeking help from Hizbul Mujahideen terror group in seeking their support in the 2019 Parliamentary elections in which Mehbooba Mufti was the PDP candidate.
Mehbooba Mufti had sought security clearance for her visit to the residence of Parra at Naira village on Friday to meet his family.
Their cruelty knows no bounds. Waheed was arrested on baseless charges & I am not allowed to even console his family. Even my daughter Iltija has been placed under house arrest because she also wanted to visit Waheed’s family. — Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) November 27, 2020
In a communication shared by Mehbooba Mufti, Additional Director General of Police and Director Special Security Group (SSG) S D Singh sought rescheduling of her proposed visit to the Naira village on the demand of the Pulwama district police.
NC vice president Omar Abdullah accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of treating personal liberty as a favour.
"Parking a truck in front of our gates is now standard operating procedure for this admin. They did the same to my father recently to stop him from praying. Personal liberty is treated as a favour by the govt, to give & withdraw at will, with no interference from the judiciary," Omar Abdullah wrote on Twitter.
His father and NC president Farooq Abdullah was on October 30 prevented from leaving his residence to offer prayers at Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Eid-Milad-un-Nabi.
(With PTI inputs)