Stop witch hunt of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief’s mourners: Mehbooba
Srinagar, May 19: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to stop the “witch hunt” against people who expressed their emotions at the funeral of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shaikh Ghulam Hassan.
“People spoke out of emotion and grief at the funeral of Shaikh Ghulam Hassan who was not only the head of Jamaat but also a learned Islamic scholar. We might not like what they said, but it was not anti-national,” Mufti told reporters in Kulgam.
The former chief minister visited Hassan’s family at Tarigam in Kulgam to offer condolences to the bereaved.
“It is unfortunate that mourners have been slapped with FIRs merely for expressing grief and emotions. (I) request Omar Abdullah and Manoj Sinha to stop this witch hunt,” Mufti said in a post on X.
She also demanded action against those army personnel who allegedly pushed a youth into a house where a wild bear was trapped.
“That youngster is fighting for life in a hospital after being attacked by the bear. We hold the army in high esteem and respect its service to the nation, but those who have endangered the life of this youth should be held accountable,” she added. (PTI)
