Mehbooba Mufti’s passport application rejected due to ‘hostile’ police verification report
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s application for a passport has been rejected by the Regional Passport Office in Srinagar, based mostly on an “adverse” police verification report.
In a letter to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president, the passport officer has knowledgeable Mehbooba that her application for an Indian passport has been rejected because the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Union Territory had advisable in opposition to granting the doc to her.
The letter provides that Mehbooba can enchantment in opposition to the choice at a better discussion board offered by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Commenting on the rejection of her application, the PDP president mentioned it reveals the extent of normalcy achieved in Kashmir.
“Passport Office refused to issue my passport based on CID’s report citing it as ‘detrimental’ to the security of India. 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,” she wrote on Twitter.
