
The incident took place on the evening of Eid-ul-Azha on September 25 at Kaw Mohallah, Khanyar in Srinagar.Terming the rising incidents of domestic violence and the death of a married woman in downtown Srinagar on the eve of Eid as unfortunate and shameful, Mirwaiz devoted his entire Friday sermon at Jamia Masjid on this issue. He also called for social boycott of people and households demanding dowry.Mirwaiz urged victims of domestic violence to report such atrocities immediately either to local mosque heads or the police station for action. He also asked mosque heads and intellectuals to speak against such atrocities and get united against crime like domestic violence.