Mehbooba offers prayers, reads books by Turkish-british author to beat boredom

Don’t know whether my mother will fight for restoration of J&K’s special status: Iltija

Srinagar : The holy Quran and some known books like ‘Lost palace’ and ‘No god but god’  is what former chief minister of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti reads during her incarceration to beat the boredom, the family revealed.According to the sources , Iltija Mufti, daughter of Mehbooba Mufti said that her mother was busy in reading books including the holy Quran, offering prayers five times to beat the boredom at make-shift jail at Maulana Azad road here.

She along with dozens of other mainstream leaders including two other former chief ministers—Dr. Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah were put under incarceration on August 5, when the centre abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (Article 370) and bifurcated the erstwhile State into two Union Territories—J&K and Ladakh.

Mehbooba during her ongoing incarceration read many books including holy Quran, Lost palace by Catherine Bowness, No god but god by Reza Aslan and books of Elif Shafaq, a Turkish-british novelist, Iltija said, who met her mother ten days ago.She said only a few family members including mother, daughters and siblings are being allowed meet Mehbooba at present. “Although adequate facilities are being provided to my mother (Mehbooba Mufti) in jail, but after spending six months there without any trial, anyone who is under detention would certainly miss her home and family,” she said, adding that in view of presence of forces in Kashmir, there is as good as curfew here and during these circumstances it should not deter the government to release the incarcerated people.About her conversation during the meeting with Mehbooba Mufti, she said anyone who is under detention from last six months wonder what is happening outside. “The situation in Kashmir is well known to everyone. The internet is still not working properly.

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