‘Remove Restrictions On Movement’: Hurriyat Chief Sends Legal Notice To J-K Administration

The J&K administration has maintained that Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is free to move and is not under detention but he has not been allowed to lead prayers at Srinagar's Jamia Masjid.

File Photo: Kashmiri Muslim head priest Mirwaiz Umar farooq offer evening prayers on Shab-e-Barat in Jamia Masjid Srinagar.

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After assurances by Jammu & Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha of free movement, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has sent a legal notice to the government seeking a factual position over police authorities allegedly denying him the same. Farooq has sent a legal notice to the government seeking his release and warned of challenging restrictions imposed on him in court if the Jammu-Kashmir failed to come up with a positive response. 

The J&K administration has maintained that Mirwaiz Farooq is free to move and is not under detention but he has not been allowed to lead prayers at Srinagar's Jamia Masjid since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019.

The legal notice sent to J&K Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta by Mirwaiz’s counsel Nazir Ahmad Ronga reads, “You are therefore, through the medium of this legal notice, requested to lift/remove the restrictions imposed upon the movement of my client through the deployment of large contingent of security forces outside his Nigeen residence as the illegal and unauthorised detention of my client has curtailed his life & liberty guaranteed to him under Article 21 besides you are called upon not to impose restrictions upon my client to participate in religious ceremonies/activities and not to prevent him to preach his religions and to perform his religious duties particularly to participate in congregational prayers on Fridays at Jamia Masjid, Nowhatta, Srinagar.”

In another development, Jammu and Kashmir Bank Saturday dismissed an employee from service for allegedly being a threat to the security of the state saying it "is satisfied after considering the facts and circumstances of the case contained in the report received from credible agencies that the activities of Mr. Sajad Ahmad Bazaz, Chief Manager, Code no. 4484 posted at Internal Communication and Marketing Department are such as to warrant his dismissal from service under Rule/Provision 12.29 in OSM.” 

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