Kashmir’s chief cleric and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is likely to offer Friday prayers at historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, four years after he was placed under house arrest.
According to the Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid, the caretaker body of the historic mosque, senior police officials visited the residence of the Mirwaiz on Thursday,September 21, 2023 “to inform him that the authorities have decided to release him from house detention and allow him to go to Jamia Masjid for Friday prayers”.
The Lieutenant Governor administration’s move comes days after the J&K High Court sought a reply from the administration over the house detention.
