Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s eviction from her Gupkar residence has the safety companies on their toes as they declare her new lodging is “not possible” for a Z-Plus category protectee and prone to militant attacks.

They also claimed it will difficult to secure the 20-km route from her new residence to the city centre.

Mufti’s family though alleged it was not told about the threat perception before they moved in as the administration was “deliberately trying” to put her in hurt’s means.

Mufti, the president of the PDP, moved into the residence at Khimber space on the outskirts of the town in November final yr after she was evicted from the high-security ‘Fairview’ residence at Gupkar right here the place she had been residing since 2005.

However, she was served a number of eviction notices in October final yr, asking her to vacate the residence earlier than November 15.

After Jammu and Kashmir was stripped of its particular standing and divided into two Union Territories in August 2019, its former chief ministers had been now not supplied rent-free residential lodging below the brand new legal guidelines.

Mufti then moved into the home at Khimber – about 15 kms from Gupkar — belonging to her brother-in-law.

Before the household – together with Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti and mom Gulshan Nazir, moved into the brand new residence, safety companies carried out two safety opinions of the place.

The safety opinions present that the Khimber residence is “not possible” for a Z-Plus protectee area as there were “apprehensions of a terrorist attack” on the previous chief minister.

The experiences make grave observations concerning the safety state of affairs round the home, suggesting that Khimber space is weak from the safety viewpoint, lacks correct highway and dependable electrical energy, and has poor cell connectivity.

“The bottom of the home is roofed with dense forest and there’s each apprehension of terrorist assault/worry of untamed animals, moreover a excessive transmission energy line is passing alongside of the stated home,” the first report said.

The 20-km road leading to the house from Srinagar city via Zakura is “highly risky” with dense populated space by which lately militant assaults occurred, it stated.

The evaluate report stated essentially the most portion of the alternate route from Khimber to the primary metropolis through Harwan, Darbagh, can be “hypersensitive”, covered with dense forests and unsafe for Mufti’s movement.

It added that the daily movement of SSG personnel from Khimber to their base in Srinagar’s Gupkar Road area will “expose” them to public interference “which might lead to an enormous safety breach”.

The house is located on a steep hill, and due to the steep patch of road, the smooth movement of vehicles, especially the BR (bullet-resistant) vehicles/jammers, is “difficult”, the report noticed.

Keeping in view these information , the report suggests, “It shouldn’t be possible for a Z-Plus protectee to reside in a far-flung space of the Srinagar metropolis”.

The second review carried out on November 11 noted that the house was surrounded by orchards and open land that needs to be dominated on a regular basis.

While the report called for taking remedial measures, it said developing security infrastructure in the area was a “challenge” to the security and safety of residing forces as a high-transmission electrical energy line passes over the land.

However, Mufti’s household claims no infrastructure — as identified by the experiences — has been put in place there and even the experiences weren’t shared with them.

“For me what’s disconcerting is that this report was by no means shared with us. It is thru media that we heard of those rumours circulating concerning the experiences after we moved in. They (administration) didn’t inform us something formally,” Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti told PTI here.

Iltija said the security review reports were “very adverse” and each safety company from CID to IB to the native police have “vetoed this residence, and in very robust phrases”.

She said even after living there for one and a half months, “nothing has been done to upgrade the security or the facilities”.

She charged that the administration was intentionally making an attempt to put the previous CM in hurt’s means.

“Everybody here’s a sitting duck. My guess is that this report was trashed as a result of they need to hold my mom in hurt’s means as a result of she is clearly not toeing their line which has made them extraordinarily uncomfortable,” Iltija said.

Mufti’s daughter said the family is concerned about the security of the former CM.

She also alleged that the government was also putting the lives of the security personnel in jeopardy. “The administration is indulging in petty politics at the cost of the lives of people,” she stated.

“If tomorrow, God forbid, one thing occurs to my mom, the administration shall be accountable,” she warned.

The family claimed they were offered an alternative accommodation in the high-security Tulsi Bagh here — where bureaucrats and politicians live — by the administration, but they found the place “unsuitable” due to “lack of privateness” and many other issues.

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