Ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s passport application rejected due to ‘adverse’ police report

Ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s passport application rejected due to ‘adverse’ police report

Ajay K. Bhagat | Posted on 29th of March, 2021 07:07PM IST 

Jammu Kashmir- Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s application for a passport has been rejected by the Regional Passport Office here, based on an “adverse” police verification report.

In a letter to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president, the passport officer has informed Mehbooba mufti that her application for an Indian passport has been rejected as the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Union Territory of JK had recommended against granting the document to her.

The former Chief Minister took to Twitter and said, "This is the level of normalcy achieved in Kashmir since Aug 2019 that an Ex Chief Minister holding a passport is a threat to the sovereignty of a mighty nation.

"Mehbooba Mufti also tweets"

Passport office has also rejected my mother’s passport application. CID claims that my mother who is well into her seventies is a ‘threat to national security’ & therefore doesn’t deserve a passport. GOI is employing  absurd methods to harass & punish me for not toeing their line.

Former Chief Minister and president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti was denied passport by the authorities on Monday.

A communication addressed to Mehbooba Mufti by the passport officer has informed her that the J&K CID, which is the nodal agency for verification of applicant’s antecedents, has opposed grant of passport to her.

She has been informed that she can appeal to the competent authority in the Union Ministry of External Affairs in case she wants to file her grievance against the decision to reject her passport application.

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