Srinagar, Aug 18 (UNI) Kashmir’s chief cleric and All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will send a legal notice to concerned authorities over his continuous house detention.
The managing body of Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid said Mirwaiz has been pushed to take the legal route to clarify his status and initiate proceedings for his release from house detention.
In a statement, Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid said that Mirwaiz Umar was again disallowed today from offering obligatory prayers for the consecutive 208th Friday at Jamia masjid.
The Anjuman said after LG Manoj Sinha’s latest interview where he said that “I have made up my mind … he ( Mirwaiz) will also offer Friday prayers at Jama Masjid“, people reached out to them to inquire if Mirwaiz will be coming to Jamia Masjid today.
“To get clarity on this , Anjuman reached the concerned Police authorities to ask if in the light of LG Sahabs statement Mirwaz will be allowed to come to Jama Masjid today. The concerned authorities said that they have not been intimated anything on this matter by the higher authorities and so cannot comment on it , so the status quo of detention continues,” the statement said.
Anjuman said that in view of these “conflicting statements” , and despite repeated appeals for his release from all quarters, and also in view of the LG Sahabs own statements, Mirwaiz continues to be under house detention for the last four years .
“Mirwaiz sahab has been pushed to take the legal route now, and has decided to send a legal notice to the concerned authorities to clarify his status and initiate proceedings for his release from house detention, so that his religious and other public obligations don’t suffer any further,” the statement said.
Anjuman said it is hopeful that Mirwaiz will get relief through the Courts and people eagerly awaiting his return to Jama Masjid pulpit.
Mirwaiz has been under house detention since August 5, 2019, when the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was revoked and the region split into two Union Territories.
