Srinagar, May 26 (KNO): Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday said he was placed under house arrest after authorities denied him permission to visit Budgam to offer condolences to the family of a 12-year-old girl who died in a shocking incident.
He termed the move “strange” and questioned claims of “peace and normalcy.”
In a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest early Tuesday morning after being denied permission to visit Budgam and express solidarity with the bereaved family.
In a post on X, Mirwaiz said, “Placed under house arrest early morning today after being denied permission to visit Budgam (all my visits are subject to permission by authorities, who are to be informed a day earlier) to offer condolences and share in the grief of the bereaved family who lost their 12-year-old girl child in a brutal and shocking incident. It is strange that even a basic humanitarian gesture of expressing sympathy and condolence with the bereaved threatens the rulers and their narrative of ‘peace and normalcy’.”—(KNO)