Govt Asks Mehbooba Mufti To Vacate Fairview Residence

Offers alternate accommodation on ‘request’

Srinagar- PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has been served a notice to vacate her official bungalow in the high-security Gupkar area here.

“The notice to evict from Fair View was served to me a few days ago. This has not come as a surprise and is along the expected lines,” the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister told PTI.

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She said although the notice mentions that the bungalow is meant for the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, that is not the case.

“This place was allotted to my father (Mufti Mohammad Sayeed) in December 2005, after he relinquished the chief minister’s office. So the grounds mentioned by the administration are not correct,” Mufti said.

Asked if she will challenge the notice in the court of law, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief said she will consult her legal team.

“I do not own a place where I can stay. So I have to consult my legal team before making a decision,” she said.
Sources in the government also disclosed that an alternate accommodation has been offered to Mehbooba Mufti in lieu of Fairview residence.

The Fairview residence of Muftis was formerly an infamous torture center, known as PAPA-2.

Until 1989, it served as an official guest house. The building was occupied by the Border Security Forces in 1990 who named it PAPA-2.

It continued to function as an interrogation and torture center till 1996.

In 1996, Ashok Jaitley, former Chief Secretary of the State moved in and used it as his residence. In 2003 it was renovated and served as the residence of then Finance Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig.

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