JUIF leader Mufti Kifayatullah arrested for spreading sectarian hatred

16 April, 2020 15:01

JUIF leader Mufti Kifayatullah arrested for spreading sectarian hatred.

According to the Mansehra DPO, officers from the Baffa police station arrested him for spreading sectarian hatred and making provocative speeches.

The JUI-F leader was returning home after attending funeral prayers of Maulana Abdul Aziz.

JUIF leader Mufti Kifayatullah arrested

The DSP Headquarters and DSP Shinkiari arrested him.

In connection with precautionary measures in view of Coronavirus threat, district administration had imposed section 144.

Under that section, government banned gathering of people but Mufti Kifayat and many JUIF supporters violated law.

They gathered at funeral of Shah Abdul Aziz who died of CPVID-19.

Meanwhile, judicial magistrate, Kamala Fareed, sent him on 14-day judicial remand.

The police had sought three-day physical remand of the JUI-F leader but magistrate rejected the police request.

Meanwhile, JUIF defied restrictions during funeral of Shah Abdul Aziz who died of Coronavirus in Mansehra.

People using social media highlighted the violation while expressing fear that such sort of defiance would spread deadly pandemic.

They also posted video clips showing gathering of people during funeral.

JUIF leader Shah Abdul Aziz died

JUIF leader Shah Abdul Aziz died of Coronavirus in Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday.

The cleric Shah Abdul Aziz belonged to Deobandi party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F).

Mufti Kifayatullah confirmed the death of cleric Shah Abdul Aziz at the Ayub Medical Complex Hospital in Abbottabad. The cleric Kifayatullah serves as head of Mansehra district chapter of his party JUIF.

Earlier, Shah Abdul Aziz had gone to Quetta. On his return, he remained hospitalised at King Abdullah Teaching Hospital in Mansehra.

Experts say that the Deobandi preaching party’s majority comprise of elderly people, they remain relatively vulnerable to the deadly Coronavirus infection.

Spread of Coronavirus within the Deobandi preaching party or Tableeghi Jamaat’s members vindicated the viewpoint of experts in this regard.