Prevented from meeting father of youth killed in Lawaypora encounter, says Mehbooba Mufti
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PDP chief claims she is beneath home arrest after she sought permission to go to Pulwama
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday stated she was not allowed to go to south Kashmir’s Pulwama to fulfill the father of slain youth Athar Wani, who was killed in the controversial Lawaypora encounter in Srinagar in December final yr.
A celebration spokesman stated Ms. Mufti had sought permission from the police to go to Mushtaq Ahmad Wani in Pulwama’s Bellow space. “However, a police vehicle was parked before the gate and the main road is also blocked by the security forces,” a celebration spokesman stated.
Taking to Twitter, Ms. Mufti wrote, “Placed under house arrest as usual for trying to visit the family of Athar Mushtaq killed allegedly in a fake encounter. His father was booked under UAPA for demanding his dead body. This the normalcy the GOI wants to showcase to the EU delegation visiting Kashmir.”
She stated there was a reign of suppression and terror in Kashmir.
“It’s the unvarnished and unpalatable truth that the GOI wants to hide from the rest of the country. A 16-year-old is killed and then hurriedly buried, denying his family the right and chance to perform his last rites,” Ms. Mufti alleged.
Mr. Wani was amongst seven folks booked on February 7 beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act by the J&K police for organising a protest “pressing for the return of body of slain son”, who was buried in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal.
The police have, nevertheless, not issued any assertion on the detention of Ms. Mufti but.
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