PDP President Mehbooba Mufti has called for strict action against the perpetrators involved in Udhampur incident.
In a statement she has condemned the incident. According to the statement on Wednesday night, a group of hooligans targeted Bakerwal families, leaving several individuals, including girls, seriously injured.
Expressing her distress over the attack, Mehbooba urged the Jammu and Kashmir Police to take immediate and stringent action against the perpetrators.
She condemned the actions of those attempting to disrupt peace and harmony in the region, labeling their behaviour as “absolutely shameful and unacceptable.”
Mehbooba Mufti Sayed (born 22 May 1959) is an Indian politician of the PDP, who served as the 9th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018. She was the first Female CM of J&K. After the revocation of the special status (autonomy) of the state in August 2019, Mufti was detained without any charges at first and later under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act. She was released only in October 2020, after the Supreme Court of India quizzed the government about the length of her detention.
Mufti was the first woman to hold the office of Chief Minister in the J&K. She formed a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir jointly with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She resigned in June 2018 after the BJP withdrew from the coalition.
Mufti was the president of the PDP and was a member of the Indian parliament, representing Anantnag in the 16th Lok Sabha; before she was sworn in as the Chief Minister of J&K. She also represented Anantnag in the 14th Lok Sabha (2004–09).
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