Srinagar, Sep 26 (KNO): Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has claimed that he has been placed under house arrest for the third consecutive Friday, stating that police informed him he will not be allowed to go to Jama Masjid today.
In a post on X, Mirwaiz, per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that he was just informed by the police that today again, for the third consecutive Friday, he has been placed under house arrest.
"What law, if laws govern us. sanctions such an assault on basic rights and turns worship into a crime? Week after week, on Fridays or any day they decide, at their whim and will, the authorities lock me inside my home, curb my freedom, and prevent me from fulfilling my religious duties, with no accountability for this authoritarian behaviour," he said.
He added that all those whose duty it is to hold the authorities to account either dare not or bother not to question them. "Strongly condemn these repeated curbs and the authorities contempt for human rights and people's sentiments," he said—(KNO)