PIL in Delhi high court against Farooq for his statement on PoK

ABDULLAH HAD SAID POK BELONGED TO PAKISTAN AND THIS WON’T CHANGE NO MATTER HOW MANY WARS ARE FOUGHT

NEW DELHI: A PIL was on Friday filed in the Delhi high court against National Conference president Farooq Abdullah seeking action for his reported controversial remarks on Paki- stan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) including that it belonged to the neighbouring country.

The plea, filed by Delhi-based Maulana Ansar Raza, has sought ‘immediate investigation’ and ‘arrest’ of the member of parliament from Srinagar alleging that he favoured Pakistan and insulted India.

It alleged that Abdullah “always makes such controversial remarks and statements by which the nation and its people feel ashamed of such persons being Indian citizens”.

The petition, filed through lawyer Nawal Kishore Jha, said that the Jammu and Kashmir leader be tried for penal offences including sedition and treason under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) be also asked to probe the entire issue by detaining him.

It also sought cancellation of Abdullah’s passport.

Abdullah had on November 11 had said that PoK belonged to Pakistan and ‘this won’t change’ no matter how many wars India and Pakistan fight against each other.