SRINAGAR : Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) senior leader and MLA Langate Sheikh Khursheed on Saturday accused the government of “deliberate cruelty” after incarcerated Baramulla MP Er Rashid was denied permission to attend the funeral prayers of his cousin, Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh, in Handwara. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

Addressing mourners at the funeral congregation, Khursheed said it was “a tragedy upon a tragedy” that an elected representative with a “massive public mandate” was not allowed to shoulder the bier of his own brother. He argued that preventing an MP from attending a close relative’s funeral undermined the principles of democracy and constituted “an assault on humanity.”

He said the issue extended beyond Er Rashid, noting that “hundreds of detainees

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