SRINAGAR: Former J&K CM and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti is being detained at the sprawling Hari Niwas Palace in Srinagar, adjoining her official bungalow Fairview, and has been provided all amenities to make her stay comfortable, a senior official said on Wednesday in an attempt to dispel “a rumour” that she was “in solitary confinement”.
Mehbooba’s daughter Iltija Javed had told a television channel on Tuesday that her mother was being kept in solitary confinement since the night before special status under Article 370 was revoked from J&K.
“My mother was taken from home on Sunday evening. She has been detained in this government guesthouse called Hari Niwas...We haven’t been allowed to get in touch with her. There’s been absolutely no communication because all landlines, cellphones, everything here is down,” Iltija said.
Hari Niwas Palace, which had gained notoriety as an interrogation centre for militants captured by security forces, has been used as a government guesthouse in recent years.
According to the senior official, Mehbooba is being treated like any of the VVIP guests that Hari Niwas Palace has hosted over the years. “The only difference is that her movements are restricted,” he said. “This had to be done to prevent her from inciting violence or mobilising people against abrogation of Article 370 and other resolutions passed in Parliament.”
While Mehbooba is at Hari Niwas, National Conference leader and former CM Omar Abdullah is being kept in a separate government guesthouse.
Mehbooba’s daughter Iltija Javed had told a television channel on Tuesday that her mother was being kept in solitary confinement since the night before special status under Article 370 was revoked from J&K.
“My mother was taken from home on Sunday evening. She has been detained in this government guesthouse called Hari Niwas...We haven’t been allowed to get in touch with her. There’s been absolutely no communication because all landlines, cellphones, everything here is down,” Iltija said.
Hari Niwas Palace, which had gained notoriety as an interrogation centre for militants captured by security forces, has been used as a government guesthouse in recent years.
According to the senior official, Mehbooba is being treated like any of the VVIP guests that Hari Niwas Palace has hosted over the years. “The only difference is that her movements are restricted,” he said. “This had to be done to prevent her from inciting violence or mobilising people against abrogation of Article 370 and other resolutions passed in Parliament.”
While Mehbooba is at Hari Niwas, National Conference leader and former CM Omar Abdullah is being kept in a separate government guesthouse.
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