Srinagar: A day after the father of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Shehla Rashid exposed her ‘anti-national activities’ and also took the name of IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal, the latter on Tuesday maintained his distance.
Shah faesal in a series of tweets said said that as far as my name has been dragged into the family dispute of a former colleague, I want to clarify that I have neither met any terrorist nor consulted directly or indirectly, nor Only talked to them for support or benefit. In 2018, even in America, I have been very careful with my actions and statements and never said anything on the security and integrity of the country.
In a series of tweets, Faesal clarified that he has “neither met nor consulted any of the terror accused persons, directly or indirectly, not to speak of seeking their support or benefitting from them”. He added that in the US too in 2018, he was “very careful” with his “actions and utterances and never said anything prejudicial to the security and integrity of the country”.
He also said that he is aware of the redlines and very clear on his stand, adding that he feels “extremely sad to see my name being dragged into something with which I am not even remotely associated.”
“As far as my name has been dragged into the family dispute of a former colleague, I want to make it clear that I have neither met nor consulted any of the terror accused persons, directly or indirectly, not to speak of seeking their support or benefitting from them,” he tweeted.
“In the US also, in 2018, I have been very careful with my actions and utterances and never said anything prejudicial to the security and integrity of the country. Having been in the IAS, I am fully aware of the redlines and am very clear about where I stand,” Faesal also tweeted.
The controversy came after the father of Shehla Rashid filed a complaint against her Daughter.
In a letter to Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh, Abdul Rashid Shora (father) also alleged that he feared for his life after receiving threats by his daughter’s armed “bodyguard” into leaving the family’s Srinagar home as he disapproved of her political and financial dealings.
He alleged that Shehla received the money by businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali for joining the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement, a party which was launched by Shah Faesal, an IAS officer.
“Just two months before the arrest of Zahoor Watali and (ex-MLA) Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, I had been called to the former’s residence at Sanat Nagar in Srinagar. It was June 2017 and Shehla was in her last semester at JNU. They asked me to make Shehla join the JKPM party (which hadn’t been formed then) and they would give me ₹3 crores,”. (PTK)