A legislator from north Kashmir's Kupwara district today said he has been denied a passport because of an "adverse" report submitted by the police investigation wing. I had applied for a passport 11 months ago,and when I sent a colleague today to collect the passport he was told that the CID report in this case is adverse," Abdul Rashid,member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Langate constituency in Kupwara,said. Rashid said he had received a Tatkaal passport last year when he was invited to attend a conference in the United States. "Now when I have applied for a permanent passport,they are denying it," he said. Rashid was in the news during the recent Assembly session for moving a resolution seeking clemency for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. He said there were cases registered against him,"but all are politically motivated". The Independent MLA said,"If this government cannot do these simple things,how can Chief Minister Omar Abdullah claim to bring major changes." A senior police official in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said inquiry into the Rashid's case is pending.
