Srinagar/March, 13: Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday morning appealed Mutahida Ulema Council (MUC), traders body and civil society to withdraw their 16th March strike call given by it against his (Mirwaiz’s) summoning to Delhi by National Investigative Agency (NIA) .
Mirwaiz expressed gratitude to MUC, traders’ fraternity and the civil society members for their “support” following a notice issued to him by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Taking to micro blogging social networking site twitter Mirwaiz wrote “I request Mutahida Ulema Council to take back the hartal call for 16th March. ”
On Tuesday, MUC had strongly denounced summoning of Mirwaiz by NIA calling it “direct religious interference, which won’t be tolerated”.
The MUC had appealed people to observe complete shutdown on 16th March (Saturday) as a mark of protest.
On March 9, the NIA sent a notice to Mirwaiz asking him to appear in person before the agency’s court in New Delhi on March 11 in connection with a case filed into alleged funding of militancy in Kashmir.
The Mirwaiz, however, refused to fly to New Delhi citing “hostile security atmosphere”.
