PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti/ PTI Image
Srinagar: Former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, got placed under house arrest on Sunday.
President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mufti was about to leave for Chotigam village of Shopian district on the day where terrorists killed a local Kashmiri Pandit Sunil Kumar on August 16, IANS reported citing PDP spokesperson Suhail Bukhari.
Mufti reacted to her house arrest, writing on Twitter, "GOI wants to push the plight of Kashmiri pandits under the rug because its their callous policies that've led to unfortunate targeted killings of those who chose not to flee. Projecting us mainstream as their enemy is why I've been placed under house arrest today".
GOI wants to push the plight of Kashmiri pandits under the rug because its their callous policies that've led to unfortunate targeted killings of those who chose not to flee. Projecting us mainstream as their enemy is why Ive been placed under house arrest today. pic.twitter.com/GliRJaJX45
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) August 21, 2022
An official statement on Mehbooba Mufti being placed under house arrest has not come out yet.