SRINAGAR, March 19 -- Former Union Minister Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz Tuesday stated that the Government of India should take notice of the fact that Mirwaiz Umer Farooq enjoyed a respectable position as religious leader in Kashmir and any attempt to denigrate his position, would be detested by Kashmiris.
Slamming Centre, for what he said, "awkward, arm-twisting and intimidating methods against credible leadership of Kashmir", Soz said, "I give credence to Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's stand that he should be questioned anywhere in Srinagar and not asked to travel to NIA headquarters in Delhi."
"I have been observing for a long time, now, that NIA has been misused by the Central government for intimidating the general run of Kashmiris. This is absolut...