The Jammu Kashmir Police have said that they have arrested Ummat-e-Islamia leader and a cleric for allegedly violating Covid-19 related guidelines in South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
A police party from Zainpora Police Station arrested Sarjan Ahmed alias Sarjan Barkati from his Reban Khujpora residence in Shopian.buy aciphex online buy aciphex no prescription
A police official on condition of anonymity told news agency Kashmir News Trust that Barkati was arrested for violating Covid-19 related SOPs. He said Barkati resorted to sloganeering on the issue of Israel-Palestine conflict at Reban mosque on the day of Eid where people assembled in large numbers due to his presence.
Besides Barkati, police arrested an ‘Imam’ for allegedly violating Covid-19 related SOPs.
Police sources said that one Molvi Muhammad Iqbal Bhat, a resident of Lakhdipora Nihama area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district has been detained at Police Station Shopian.
They said a formal FIR vide number 121/2021 under section 188, 269 has been registered against the Imam for violating the restrictions on Friday prayers at a mosque in Pandoshan village of Shopian. They said that over 300 people were present in the mosque where the accused Imam delivered a sermon in clear violation of Covid-19 related restrictions. (KNT)