Shehla Rashid's father alleges threat to life from her, she rejects claims

Father of Shehla Rashid, ex-student of the Jawaharlal Nehru University alleged that he was facing "death threat" from his daughter. Her father, Abdul Rashid Shora, went on to lodge a complaint with the Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police. Shehla, however, rejected the allegations levelled against her.

Jammu: Abdul Rashid Shora, the father of ex-JNU student Shehla Rashid, has lodged a complaint with the Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP).

Shora approached the office of the DGP with a written complaint saying that he is facing death threats from his own daughter.

"I am under a constant threat of my life by my daughter Shehla Rashid whose is supported by the elder daughter and my wife as well as her security guard namely Saqib Ahmad,” Shora alleged while addressing the media at Press Club Jammu.

Shora, who said that he was forced to shift to Jammu for the safety of his life, claimed that the threat perception started in 2017 when Shehla jumped all of a sudden into Kashmir politics.

He said that just two months before the arrest of Zahoor Watali in terror funding case under UAPA, he was called by Zahoor Watali and Rashid Engineer at Watali's residence at Sanat Nagar, Srinagar in June 2017 to allow his daughter to join politics.

Letter written by Shehla Rashid's father to DGP

"The plot to launch of JKPM was revealed to me by these persons and they offered me Rs 3 crore to join these people. I felt the money is coming through illegal channels and shall be used for unlawful activities; I didn’t take the money and asked my daughter to not indulge in such transactions with these people," he alleged in the letter.

The father said that his wife, elder daughter and a person namely Sakib, whom Shehla introduced as her security guard, supported her.

Letter written by Shehla Rashid's father to DGP

However, Shehla responded to the allegations with a statement on Twitter about her "abusive and violent" father getting back at her for getting him legally restrained from entering their home at Lal Nagar in Srinagar's Chanapora neighbourhood. She cited a November 17 court order in this regard.

Letter written by Shehla Rashid's father to DGP

"As we mourn the death of a close family member, it is extremely sad that my father has chosen this time to level absolutely disgusting, baseless allegations against me, my mother and sister," Shehla said. "The fact of the matter is that my mother, sister and I have filed a complaint of domestic violence with the court...The false allegations he is making are a reaction to that," she added.