Srinagar:Â One of the Trio of Pragaash Band has moved out of Kashmir Valley and has taken shelter in Bangalore after the band members are repeatedly getting death threats. The Other Two are still in the Valley, but have gone incognito.
Pragaash Band
Earlier, breaking silence for the first time after a raging controversy burst one of its members said  that they had decided to quit in deference to a leading cleric’s decree.
“We have decided to quit in deference to the decree of the Grand Mufti, who knows religion more than we do,” Manika/Aneeka Khalid, 16, the vocalist of the band, told media here.
“Kashmir is not a place for music. If anyone wants to learn music they have to go out,” she added.
She said their families had supported their decision to form the valley’s only all-girl rock band. “I thank all those people who supported our decision to form the band and encouraged us during the last two years.”
Khalid said the girls who formed Pragaash had not taken the decision under any fear.
“Yes, I am sad to quit the band, but we are not forced to take the decision under any fear,” Noma said.
Meanwhile, police have registered a criminal case against those who issued the threats to the girls on social media.
The Grand Mufti who issued a fatwa against the girls said he was “happy” the rock music group has been disbanded by the girls.
“I am happy they have quit. I congratulate them, their parents and all those people who supported my fatwa…, he said
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