Mehbooba Mufti accuses BJP

A Twitter spat broke out between former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and the police after Mehbooba claimed that she was put under house arrest to prevent her from visiting an area in north Kashmir.

The police denied the claims of the PDP chief and said he was free to travel anywhere.

It is clarified that no restriction of any kind travel to pattan, travel to pattan was at 1 pm as intimated to us.

The picture tweeted by her is of inside of the gate with own lock of residents who stay in the bunglow.

There is no lock or any restrictions.

She is free to travel.

https://t.co/YMccUwDSh4pic.twitter.com/kG5Luhj7Bm

— Srinagar Police (@SrinagarPolice) October 5, 2022

Mehbooba Mufti claimed that as Union Home Minister Amit Shah was on a visit to Baramulla, 54 km from Srinagar in north Kashmir and addressing a public rally there, he was invited to attend a party worker's wedding at Pattan, 27 km from Srinagar. prevented from joining.

He tweeted that when the Home Minister (Amit Shah) was roaming in Kashmir beating the normalcy of the situation in Kashmir, I am under house arrest only because of the desire of a worker to go to Pattan for the wedding.

He wrote that if the fundamental rights of a former Chief Minister can be suspended so easily, then the plight of the common man cannot even be imagined.

He also posted pictures of him allegedly closing the main entrance door of his house.

While HM is going around Kashmir beating drums of normalcy,I am under house arrest for simply wanting to visit Pattan for a worker's wedding.If an ex CM's fundamental rights can be suspended so easily, one cant even imagine the plight of a commoner.@ AmitShah@manojsinha_pic.twitter.com/5dYSfk8j1f

— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) October 5, 2022

However, about 40 minutes later, the Srinagar Police tweeted that there was no restriction on their visit to Pattan.

The police even claimed that he himself had locked the gate from inside.

Police said in a tweet that it is clarified that there is no restriction on any kind of travel in Pattan, as informed to us.

He should visit Pattan at 1 pm.

The picture tweeted by him is inside the gate, in which the residents living in the bungalow have their own lock.

There is no lock or any restriction.

He is free to travel.

He put the pictures of the gate from outside without any locks.

This was immediately denied by the Mufti.

He said that SSP Baramulla informed him on Tuesday night that he would not be allowed to travel.

He claimed that the police was lying.