Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 30: A day after Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Iltija Mufti, posted an old video of late hardline separatist leader and Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Geelani on X, police have registered an FIR against her.
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The Cyber Police Station in Srinagar has registered FIR No. 11 under cognisable offences punishable under Sections 152, 196(1), and 353(1)(b), (c) and (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against Iltija Mufti, daughter of PDP chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
An official said that acting upon credible inputs regarding circulation and dissemination of content (videos) across digital and social media platforms, promoting separatist ideology and propagating false information, with an intent to incite unlawful activities prejudicial to the peace, sovereignty and integrity of India, police has registered a case against certain individuals in this matter.
Iltija has been leading the PDP’s protest against the Omar Abdullah government over the dropping of Urdu, one of the official languages of Jammu and Kashmir and a mandatory qualification for revenue services, from the newly amended draft recruitment rules for revenue posts.
She led a protest by party workers on Tuesday and on Wednesday held a press conference to criticise the Omar Abdullah government for removing Urdu as a qualification for recruitment to revenue posts.
The PDP leader had on Wednesday posted an old video of Geelani on the significance of Urdu on her X account.
“May not concur with Geelani’s ideology but this old video of him stressing on the importance of Urdu very well makes sense in addition to other reasons. Worth a watch,” Iltija had posted while sharing the video.
So far, there has been no reaction from Iltija or the PDP on the registration of the FIR.
Iltija had unsuccessfully contested the 2024 Assembly elections from the party’s stronghold of Bijbehara constituency, losing to the NC’s Basheer Veeri.
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