SRINAGAR, Aug 26: Contrary to his expectation that he would be able to lead Friday prayers at Srinagar’s grand old Jamia mosque, chairman of Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was disallowed to leave his residence with police posting its personnel outside his Nigeen residence.
Mirwaiz, who is also a religious leader, had expected that he would be allowed to deliver his Friday sermon at the mosque today but the Jammu and Kashmir administration decided against it. Mirwaiz’s office has been repeatedly maintaining that the young leader has been detained at home for the last three years — post the abrogation of article 370 and 35 A on August 5, 2019.