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Mirwaiz asks MUC to take back shutdown call on Saturday
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday appealed the Muttahida Ulema Council to take back the shutdown call for March 16 against the NIA summon to him.
In a tweet, Mirwaiz while expressing gratitude said:
Express my deep gratitude to Mutahida Ulema council J&K the Traders fraternity and the civil society members for there concern and support ,I however request Mutahida Ulema council to take back the hartal call for 16th March in this regard
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) March 13, 2019
The MUC on Tuesday asked the people of Kashmir to observe shutdown against the summoning of the Kashmir’s chief cleric by the National Investigation Agency to New Delhi for questioning in a “terror funding case”.Earlier, Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani said that if NIA wants to question anyone, they can do it in the valley itself.
Earlier, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who was also summoned by the NIA on Saturday, through is counsel said that he won’t go to New Delhi but send a written reply.
In his written reply according to his legal counsel ‘it was unwise for his client to travel to Delhi under the prevailing conditions of hostility wherein there is a threat to the personal safety of my client.’
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq had been summoned by the National Investigation Agency on Saturday.
The summon read, “Whereas, it appears that you are acquainted with the circumstances of the case noted below, which is now under investigation by the NIA, New Delhi, you are hereby required to report before the undersigned at National Investigation Agency, Ministry of Home Affairs, Opposite CGO complex Lodhi Road, new Delhi on 11-02-2019 at 10:30 am for the purpose of your examination relating to the case,” said a notice, issued to the Mirwaiz by the NIA.
Pertinently, on 26 Feb last month, the NIA raided Mirwaiz’s residence at Nigeen and searched the premises for over six hours.
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The NIA is conducting investigations into an alleged funding case in the valley. Many Hurriyat leaders have been detained at New Delhi’s Tihar jail in the case.
Moreover, Government of India recently banned the socio-religious organization Jamaat-e-Islami and detained its top leadership. JKLF Chief Yasin Malik was also sent to Kot Balwal Jail, Jammu after he was booked under the Public Safety Act.
