Srinagar, June 7 -- Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar deeply regrets to inform that the authorities have once again disallowed Eid-ul-Adha prayers at Eidgah Srinagar, as well as at the historic Jama Masjid Srinagar, by closing the gates of the mosque and deploying police personnel outside. Even the Fajr prayers this morning were not permitted at Jama Masjid as the gates remained locked.Miwaiz has also been placed under house arrest .

In a statement issued to the Kashmir Media Watch, Meanwhile, Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr. Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq has strongly condemned the move in a post on social media platform X, stating:

Eid Mubarak! Yet again, Kashmir wakes up to the sad reality: no Eid prayers at Eidgah, and Jama Masjid locked down - ...