Srinagar, April 12 -- Chief cleric of Jamia Masjid Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday alleged he was put under house arrest and stopped by the authorities from prayers at the mosque.

Mirwaiz lashed out at the authorities for what he said was 'trampling' on his religious rights.

" Yet again, this Friday put under house arrest and barred from offering prayers at Jama Masjid. It is both heartbreaking and outrageous that authorities continue to trample on my basic religious rights - at their will," Mirwaiz said in a post on microblogging platform X.

A resolution formulated by Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU), a representative body of religious organisations and scholars headed by Mirwaiz, was read out in mosques, shrines and imambaras across J&K....