Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who lives in India but sing praises of Pakistan, was inside Srinagar’s Jama Masjid when DSP Ayub was lynched
India | Jun 24, 2017, 10:12 PM ISTFarooq has an important religious as well as political role in the Valley. He is seen as the spiritual leader of Kashmir’s Muslims. He became the 14th Mirwaiz in 1990 when militancy was on the rise in the Valley.