Shehla Rashid responds to father's allegations against her; levels domestic abuse charge

Abdul Rashid Shora, far of student activist Shehla Rashid, on Monday, levelled serious allegations against her, demanding that a probe be initiated into her NGOs and also accused her of having taken a huge amount of money for joining politics in Kashmir valley. Releasing a three-p letter dressed to Director-General of Police at a press conference in Jammu, Shora claimed that he is facing a threat to his life from Shehla, her security guard, sister and her mor.

'Do t take him seriously'

Responding to her far's allegations, Shehla termed his statement "absolutely disgusting and baseless" and said this was his reaction after a court barred him entry into ir Srinagar house on vember 17 in response to a complaint filed by family against him under domestic violence.

Shehla tweeted a detailed response saying "Many of you must have come across a video of my biological far making wild allegations against me and my mum and sis. To keep it short and straight, he's a wife-beater and an abusive, depraved man. We finally decided to act against him, and this stunt is a reaction to that."

"My mor has tolerated abuse, violence and mental torture all her life. She has kept quiet for sake of respect for family w that we have started speaking up against his physical and mental abuse, he has started abusing us too," she said, requesting everyone t to take him seriously. 

Abdul Rashid Shora’s allegations

"She h taken Rs 3 crore to join politics in Kashmir from (former MLA) Engineer Rashid and (businessman) Zahoor Watali (both of whom were arrested last year by National Investigation ncy for ir alleged involvement in terror funding case)," Shora claimed.

Shehla, a former JNU student leer, joined politics and became a founding member of JK Political Movement floated by IAS topper turned politician Shah Faesal. However, she later anunced her "dissociation with electoral mainstream in Kashmir" last year. Her far also demanded a probe into n-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), being run by Shehla, and bank accounts of his daughters and ir mor.

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