Srinagar: Kashmir’s chief cleric and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was disallowed to leave his residence on Friday to attend congressional prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, a week after J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said that Mirwaiz was a free man and he must decide what to do.
The Mirwaiz decided to deliver his first Friday sermon this week, for the first time since August 5, 2019
After LG told BBC Hindi that even in 2019, Mirwaiz was not detained under the PSA. He is neither arrested nor detained. He must decide what he wants to do; the Mirwaiz’s office Anjuman Auqaf said if Mirwaiz is not under house arrest, let him deliver sermon at the Jamia Mosque.
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Mirwaiz was detained on 4 August, 2019; a day before the Govt of India led by BJP Bhartiya Janata Party hollowed out the autonomous status of J&K and bifurcated the state into two union territories.
“Today too after he was stopped from moving out,” the Hurriyat said
“If Mirwaiz was not under arrest, he should be allowed to offer Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid,” it said.
Several journalists tried to reach his residence in Nigeen, but were barred from getting in.
