Remembering Mirwaiz Farooq on his 21st death anniversary By Tilak Devasher | Updated: May 21, 2021 07:00 IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Mirwaiz Maulvi Mohammad Farooq Shah, the Mirwaiz (a hereditary position of religious authority) of Kashmir and Chairman of the All Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee, was assassinated on May 21, 1990, at his residence at Nageen, Srinagar, by terrorists affiliated to the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
Abdullah Bangroo, the commander, was subsequently killed. During his funeral procession, dozens of mourners died in CRPF firing in the Hawal area of Srinagar. Twelve years later, on May 21, 2002, unknown attackers killed another moderate leader Abdul Ghani Lone of the People s Conference, at a rally to mark the death anniversary of Mirwaiz Farooq.