Mehbooba Mufti and her daughter Iltija claimed they were placed under house arrest on Saturday, preventing them from visiting bereaved families.
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SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, along with her daughter Iltija on Saturday alleged that they have been placed under house arrest.
In a social media post, Iltija Mufti said she had intended to visit Kathua. At the same time, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti planned to visit Sopore to meet the bereaved family of the truck driver killed in army firing on Wednesday.
Iltija Mufti claimed that the authorities had locked the gates of their residence to prevent them from leaving. While sharing photographs of the gate on social media, she said, “My mother and I both have been placed under house arrest. Our gates have been locked up because she was meant to visit Sopore where Waseem Mir was shot dead by the army. I intended to visit Kathua today to meet Makhan Din’s family today and am not being allowed to even move out.”
She expressed her frustration, saying, “Nothing has changed in Kashmir even after elections. Now even comforting the families of victims is being criminalised.” She also tagged Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in her X post.
However, police have not issued any statement regarding the house detention of PDP leaders.
Meanwhile, Authorities in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, have launched independent probes into the death of a tribal man identified as Makhan Din amid allegations of custodial abuse and suicide. District Magistrate Rakesh Minhas ordered an official magisterial inquiry to determine the cause of death.
The 25-year-old Billawar from the Gujjar community was found dead late Wednesday. The inquiry team, led by Tehsildar Lohai Malhar, has been instructed to submit a detailed report within five days, recording witness statements and following legal procedures, reported PTI.
Before his suicide, Din recorded a confession video in a mosque, accusing the “SHO of Billawar” of falsely charging him as an Over Ground Worker (OGW) and subjecting him to “brutal 3rd-degree torture.” He placed a copy of the Quran on his head, swearing, “I have no links with any militant organisations but the SHO constantly tortured me physically and forced me to accept his made-up story.”
In the video, Din stated, “I am dying by suicide so that no one else is subjected to ‘torture’ and ‘humiliation’ by the police the way I was subjected.”
His death sparked massive protests, with the area sealed off and internet services suspended. — With inputs from PTI
