SRINAGAR: Former J&Okay CM and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti wrote to house minister Amit Shah on Friday, taking on cudgels on behalf of jailed separatist Yasin Malik and in search of “a compassionate and pressing evaluate” of the fear funding case in opposition to him on grounds of what she described as “his long-standing dedication to non-violence”.“Over time, Malik engaged in dialogue involving senior officers, intelligence personnel, and even controversial figures like Hafiz Saeed, all with the tacit consent of Indian businesses. These efforts represented a painstaking and deliberate try to construct bridges in a deeply fractured land,” Mehbooba mentioned, referring to Malik’s current affidavit in Delhi excessive court docket.The PDP president, whose many controversies embody her declare that J&Okay accepted the Indian tricolour in 1947 on sure circumstances and constitutional ensures, mentioned she was writing to Shah “not merely as a witness however as somebody who has lived by the turbulent occasions of Kashmir, bearing its grief, enduring its silences, and holding on to its fragile hopes”.She claimed Malik’s journey was no secret. “In 1994, he took a brave and uncommon choice to put down arms and embrace political, non-violent means to pursue change. In response to his sworn affidavits, this shift was neither unilateral nor impulsive however inspired and facilitated by back-channel understandings with Indian businesses,” the letter states.In his affidavit, Malik spoke of his involvement in backchannel diplomacy, together with personal conferences with PMs, ministers and intelligence chiefs. He was convicted and sentenced to life in jail by an NIA court docket on costs of receiving overseas funding and collaborating with terrorist teams. NIA has since appealed to Delhi HC to show his life time period into dying penalty.“This enchantment doesn’t search to undermine the judiciary’s authority however requires the accountable train of democratic devices to honour each justice and mercy. The spirit of India, I firmly consider, lies in our capability to point out magnanimity and uphold guarantees made in pursuit of peace,” Mehbooba’s letter pleads.Peoples Convention chief and MLA Sajad Lone accused the ex-CM of “hypocrisy”. He mentioned in search of clemency for Malik, chairperson of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Entrance, amounted to “mere theatrics”.