Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claims house arrest; says authorities denied him permission to meet family of rape-murder victim

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Chief cleric of Kashmir Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. File

Chief cleric of Kashmir Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Kashmir's main preacher Mirwaiz Umar Farooq connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) claimed that authorities person placed him nether location apprehension aft denying him support to sojourn the household of the 12-year-old miss who was murdered and raped successful Budgam district.

The Mirwaiz said helium was placed nether location apprehension aboriginal this greeting (May 26, 2026) aft being denied support to sojourn Budgamr. A antheral has been arrested for allegedly raping and murdering the miss successful Budgam district.

“The miss had gone missing connected Saturday evening (May 23, 2026) and was aboriginal recovered murdered astir 200 metres from her location connected Sunday (May 24, 2026),” a elder constabulary serviceman had said.

In a station connected X, the Mirwaiz said, "Placed nether location apprehension aboriginal greeting contiguous aft being denied support to sojourn Budgam (all my visits are taxable to support by authorities, who are to beryllium informed a time earlier) to connection condolences and stock successful the grief of the bereaved household who mislaid their 12 twelvemonth aged miss kid successful a brutal and shocking incident".

The cleric said it is unusual that adjacent a basal humanitarian motion of expressing sympathy and condolence with the bereaved "threatens the rulers and their communicative of 'peace and normalcy'." PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said determination was nary justification for putting the Mirwaiz nether location arrest.

"Nothing justifies the mindless enactment of putting Mirwaiz Sahab nether location apprehension thereby preventing him from visiting the Budgam victim's family. All of Kashmir is grieving implicit this tragedy. Repeatedly not allowing him to connection namaz astatine Jama Masjid & present depriving him of the elemental humane enactment of expressing solidarity is awfully cruel," the erstwhile Chief Minister posted connected X.

Published - May 26, 2026 03:27 p.m. IST

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