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  • Placed under house arrest, says PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti

    By PTI

    SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday claimed she was put under house arrest, while two of her party colleagues were arrested by the police.

    The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said her party chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari and spokesperson Najmu Saqib were arrested.

    “Again under house arrest & PDPs @SAAQQIIB & @Suhail_Bukhari too have been arrested,” she wrote on Twitter and posted pictures of the locked gate of her residence.

    Referring to the Hyderpora encounter, the PDP chief charged that the “pattern of using innocent civilians as human shields” and then denying their families the right to a decent burial shows that the Centre has “plumbed new depths of inhumanity”.

    “Their narrative right from the start was based on lies to escape accountability. They dont want to be held accountable for their actions & that’s why they are muzzling voices that speak up against such injustice & atrocities,” she alleged.

    A controversy has erupted over Monday’s encounter in Hyderpora following conflicting claims about the two deceased as their family members contested the police’s charge that they were “terror associates.

    The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday ordered a magisterial probe into the Hyderpora encounter here.

  • PDP claims Mehbooba Mufti placed under house arrest again

    By PTI

    SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti was on Monday put under house arrest to prevent her from visiting Anantnag to meet the family of a youth who was killed in cross-firing between security forces and militants last week, a party leader claimed.

    The Peoples Democratic Party leader claimed that the police have locked the main gate of Mehbooba’s house.

    A police official said the PDP chief was not allowed to visit Anantnag due to security reasons.

    Shahid Ahmad was killed in an exchange of fire between Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and militants in Shopian district on October 24, according to police.

    Mehbooba was put under house arrest at her Fairview residence in Gupkar locality of the city here and not allowed to move out, the PDP leader claimed.

    She was to visit the family of slain youth Shahid Ahmad in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

    She wanted to offer her condolences to the bereaved family, but was not allowed to move out of her residence, the party leader said.

    According to the PDP leader, the police have locked the main gate of Mehbooba’s house.

    A police vehicle has been stationed just outside the gate to disallow any movement.

    Ahmad’s death had evoked strong reactions from mainstream political parties in the Valley and they had demanded a probe into it.

    Mehbooba had said it was sad that the armed forces “operate with such impunity” in Kashmir.