Iltija: Release religious scholars

Jammu, September 13

Iltija Mufti, daughter of the PDP president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, has expressed concern over the “illegal” detention of Muslim religious scholars and Moulvis.

In a series of tweets from the Twitter handle of her mother Mehbooba Mufti, Iltija said, “A list hurriedly typed by a detainee’s brother tells you that most of these men jailed illegally since August, 2019, are moulvis/Muslim religious scholars. In New India, is it a crime or a punishable offence to be a moulvi?” “Why aren’t they being released?” she asked. “I’ve been approached by families of countless men illegally detained in jails outside J&K. These are real people languishing in jails”, she tweeted. — TNS