Mufti Kifayatullah has been kept in the jail since his arrest during a raid on his seminary in Tarangri village on April 14. Screengrab via Mufti Kifayatullah Twitter
HARIPUR: JUI-F senior leader and former MPA from Mansehra Mufti Kifayatullah went on a hunger strike in Haripur jail on Thursday morning complaining about ill-treatment.
He has been kept in the jail since his arrest during a raid on his seminary in Tarangri village on April 14.
The police held him under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order ordinance.
According to son Shabbir Mufti, the JUI-F leader required cataract surgery but his arrest delayed it causing loss of vision in one eye.