Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday demanded the release of a journalism student who has been booked under draconian Public Safety Act.
Adil Farooq, pursuing MA in Journalism from Central University of Kashmir was booked under the Public Safety Act for allegedly working as ‘overground worker of militants’, a charge refuted by his family.
Mirwaiz condemned Farooq’s arrest and said that he has been falsely booked under Public Safety Act and shifted to Kot Balwal Jail in Jammu.
The Kashmir’s chief cleric said that the govt is hellbent upon ruining the careers of students and youth by implicating them in fake cases.
Mirwaiz tweeted: Strongly condemn the arrest of Adil Farooq, a journalism student at Central University of Kashmir who been falsely booked under Public Safety Act(PSA)and shifted to Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu. It seems the govt is hellbent upon ruining the careers of students and youth by implicating them in fake cases,we demand his immediate release. (SIC).”
Reports said that the 24-year-old third-semester Aadil Farooq Bhat son of Farooq Ahmad Bhat of Bhat Mohalla, Khrew, in police district Awantipora, was arrested last month when he went to police station Pampore for questioning.
