Srinagar, Mar 4 (KNS) : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday strongly condemned the registration of criminal cases against National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi and former Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu, terming the action "egregiously unwarranted."
The Jammu and Kashmir Police registered cases against the two leaders a day earlier for allegedly circulating "false, fabricated and misleading content" on social media platforms.
"The FIR against Aga Ruhullah and Junaid Azim Matoo is egregiously unwarranted and unjust.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelIt must be withdrawn immediately," the former chief minister said in a post on the social media platform X as per news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS).
"Just because GOI & NC government in Jammu & Kashmir have chosen to remain silent on the blatant aggression by US and Israel against Iran and the martyrdom of its Supreme Leader doesn’t mean that those who speak out are offenders to be booked under the law," she said, in an apparent reference to recent geopolitical events. (KNS)