Police personnel locked the gates of the mosque after morning prayers on Wednesday without any written explanation, the mosque’s managing committee said.
New Delhi: Authorities have disallowed congregational Eid prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, which was locked for worshippers on Wednesday (April 10) morning while moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was again put under house arrest.
In a statement, Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid, the managing body of the 14th-century mosque in Srinagar’s Nowhatta locality, said that the police personnel locked the gates of the mosque after morning prayers on Wednesday without any written explanation.
The Anjuman said that the authorities informed them on Wednesday morning that the congregational Eid prayers, which were scheduled for 9:30 am, would not be allowed at the mosque. “Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was again placed under house arrest early morning today,” the statement said.
Eid is being celebrated across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday after the crescent was sighted in Kargil district of Ladakh on Tuesday evening. In the rest of the country, the festival, which marks the culmination of the Muslim month of fasting Ramzan, will be observed on Thursday.
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