Srinagar: A popular religious cleric Sarjan Ahmad Wagay aka Sarjan Barkati, who is in jail in a terror funding case, is set to contest the upcoming legislative assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir as independent candidate. Quoting family, new agency news agency KNO reported that they are filing nominations papers today at DC office Shopian. They said that they have already conducted a meeting with locals in Reban, the native village of Barkati, and will leave toward Shopian to file his nomination papers. Barkati’s daughter is expected to hold a press…
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