In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian authorities once again placed All Parties Hurriyat Conference senior leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest in Srinagar today.

The authorities placed him under house detention to prevent him from offering the Juma prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid and other religious and social activities.

Anjuman Auqaf of Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, in a statement said the administration imposes arbitrary and unjustified restrictions on the religious functioning of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

However, the authorities’ action of keeping him under house arrest at his Nigeen residence deeply hurts the sentiments of these devotees and deprives them of their religious freedoms.

The Auqaf deplored that the LG administration, through these arbitrary measures, continuously disregards and disrespects the religious sentiments and emotions of the Kashmiri people.