Jailed separatist cleric Sarjan Barkati’s nomination among 35 rejected
Hindustan TimesThe nomination form of jailed cleric known for his pro-Azadi sloganeering, Sarjan Ahmad Wagay, alias Sarjan Barkati, was among those rejected by the election authorities during scrutiny, officials said on Wednesday. “The form of Sarjan Barkati was not filled properly,” Shopian deputy commissioner and district election officer Faz Lul Haseeb said. Barkati was the first jailed separatist leader to have filed nomination papers in the first phase of elections which will be held on September 18. Police said that Sarjan Barkati was a central figure in “orchestrating large-scale protests, rallies, and clashes with security forces in 2016, for which more than 30 FIRs were registered against him in various police stations of the Valley.” He was released in October 2020 and then again arrested in August 2023 by Kashmir State Investigation Agency for allegedly orchestrating a fund-raising campaign and raising campaign and raising crores.
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