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Yesterday afternoon Byculla MLA, Waris Pathan of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) had gone for Friday afternoon prayers at the mosque at Madanpura where there was heavy police security outside the mosque.
After the prayers, when he came out, the police told him that he cannot pray for the people of Kashmir.
After the Imam, the MLA had also prayed for the people of Kashmir to be delivered from the pain and sufferings they are undergoing after the imposition of restrictions by the Indian Government. He had also prayed for the flood affected victims in the state of Maharashtra and for overall peace of the nation.
But the police there objected to his ‘dua’ for the Kashmiris. And when Waris Pathan learnt that 2 of his party persons were in police custody he went to the PS at Nagpada. When Waris Pathan went to the police station it was assumed that he was taken in custody by the police for praying for Kashmiris.
But Pathan released a video in which he has explained that he was indeed questioned by the police for his prayer for the people of Kashmir but he had gone there because 2 his aides were in police custody. Their crime? They had gone to the PS for permission. Whereupon Pathan asked the DCP whether we need to take permission to offer prayers?
The police officer said that when they heard the MLA is going to offer prayers at the mosque they assumed there would be some chaos. They also saw the video where Pathan was offering the prayers in the prayers.
And after close to 2 hours they released the 2 persons. Pathan is heard saying in the video that what he did was within the constitutional framework and had not broken any law. He had used his democratic right which he says that the constitution of India has guaranteed to every citizen of India.
The govt has dragged the country to a point where one can't even pray in peace@warispathan was detained for conducting a prayer meeting for lives lost in Maharashtra floods & people of Kashmir affected by curfew&communication blackout.
Watch his statementhttps://t.co/400FCc9lit— AIMIM Official (@aimim_national) August 17, 2019