Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 19: Senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is not under house arrest, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha said on Friday. “We have neither arrested him nor is he under house arrest,” Sinha told in an interview.
Noting that the father of the Mirwaiz was killed in an unfortunate incident, he said that police was placed around the separatist leader's house for his protection.
“Even in 2019, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was not detained under the PSA. He is neither arrested nor detained. He must decide what he wants to do,” Sinha added. By clarifying the presence of police with Mirwaiz, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has countered a malicious campaign started by some Kashmir-based parties about the house arrest of the separatist leader. |
