NC condemns detention of Farooq’s kin

Jammu, October 15

The National Conference (NC) today condemned the detention of sister and daughter of the party president Dr Farooq Abdullah, describing the move as “unprecedented and against people’s right to peaceful protest”.

“Being kin of the former Chief Ministers should not entail political victimisation, leading to curtailment of liberty and freedom of movement and speech,” senior NC leaders said in a joint statement, issued from Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here this afternoon.

The NC leaders regretted continued detention of political leaders and common citizens, saying “the situation has now touched such lowest depths that even the liberty of the relatives of those in public life is under severe threat”.

“The detention of Suraya Mattoo and Safiya Abdullah Khan, sister and daughter, respectively, of Dr Farooq Abdullah, reflect sad state of affairs the state has been in for the past nearly 70 days,” they alleged. — TNS