Hurriyat condemns 'arbitrary' house detention of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq during Ramadan

Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's "arbitrary" house detention during the month of Ramadan has been termed as "extremely unfortunate" by the Hurriyat Conference.

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): The Hurriyat Conference has condemned the "arbitrary" house detention of its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq even during the month of Ramadan and called it "extremely unfortunate".

The Hurriyat faction, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who is also a prominent religious leader, said that his detention hurts the sentiments of Muslims of Kashmir.

“Even on the first Friday of the blessed month of Ramadan, the pulpit of the historic and central Jamia Masjid Srinagar continues to remain silent, as Mirwaiz e Kashmir Mohammed Umar Farooq continues to be kept under arbitrary house detention by the authorities,” the Hurriyat faction said in a statement.

Mirwaiz was detained on August 4, 2019, and kept under house detention a day ahead of the BJP-led Centre announcing the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, and its bifurcation into Union territories.

The Hurriyat said, "It has been more than twenty months now that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is arbitrarily and forcibly detained at his home and not allowed to fulfil his responsibilities even as the Mirwaiz.

"This high handedness of the authorities is regrettable and condemnable," it added.