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SRINAGAR: The detention of former J&K Prime Minister Mehbooba Mufti, under the strict Public Safety Law (PSA), was extended on Tuesday for three months, hours before it expired.
In a similar move, the arrest of Ali Mohammed Sagar, former minister and chief leader of the National Conference, and Sartaj Madani, chief PDP leader and Mehbooba Mufti’s maternal uncle, also spanned another three months.
In a brief order from the department of origin of the Jammu and Kashmir administration, the extension of the PSA was carried out under the public order provisions of the Law.
Mufti was initially detained on August 5 last year when the Center repealed the special status of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir and forked it in two Union territories. Today, she is housed in her official residence, which has been converted into a subsidiary prison.
Sagar and Madani are in government accommodation. Both leaders were detained under PSA on February 6 of this year after completing their six-month detention.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the decision to extend Mufti’s detention was “incredibly cruel” and “retrograde.”
“Incredibly cruel and retrograde decision to extend the detention of @ MehboobaMufti. Nothing she has done or said in any way justifies the way the Indian state has treated her and the other detainees, ”she tweeted.
In a similar move, the arrest of Ali Mohammed Sagar, former minister and chief leader of the National Conference, and Sartaj Madani, chief PDP leader and Mehbooba Mufti’s maternal uncle, also spanned another three months.
In a brief order from the department of origin of the Jammu and Kashmir administration, the extension of the PSA was carried out under the public order provisions of the Law.
Mufti was initially detained on August 5 last year when the Center repealed the special status of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir and forked it in two Union territories. Today, she is housed in her official residence, which has been converted into a subsidiary prison.
Sagar and Madani are in government accommodation. Both leaders were detained under PSA on February 6 of this year after completing their six-month detention.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the decision to extend Mufti’s detention was “incredibly cruel” and “retrograde.”
“Incredibly cruel and retrograde decision to extend the detention of @ MehboobaMufti. Nothing she has done or said in any way justifies the way the Indian state has treated her and the other detainees, ”she tweeted.
Incredibly cruel and retrograde decision to extend @ MehboobaMufti’s detention. Nothing she has done or said anywhere … https://t.co/w14QHCt4iH
– Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) 1588695596000
“For a government that is making huge claims about normality at J&K in recent days, coupled with the extension of Mufti’s arrest, it is sufficient proof that Modi ji has pushed J&K on its own decades ago,” he added.
Several political leaders, including Omar, Mufti and former Prime Minister Farooq Abdullah, were detained by authorities on August 5. The PSA of Major Abdullah and his son was revoked in early March of this year.
(With contributions from agencies)
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