People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti who is in detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA) has now been shifted to her residence at Fairview Gupkar Road on Tuesday. However, she will continue to remain in detention, said official sources close to the matter.
The order terms her official residence as a ‘subsidiary jail’.
My gratitude to the media in Kashmir for their concern & well wishes. May I please humbly request that you give the family privacy as we wait for her to come home today. Please remember this isn’t a release & the house has been declared as a subsidiary jail
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) April 7, 2020
All Kashmiris illegally detained since 5th August deserve freedom.Their continued incarceration even in times of a global pandemic undermines our democratic credentials. Nevertheless, I’d like to thank everyone for their support & good wishes
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) April 7, 2020
Mufti has been in detention for over eight months now after Article 370 that special status to Jammu and Kashmir was revoked in August last year.
Earlier, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah was released – who was also under detention for eight months since August 2019 – as the charges under PSA, slapped on him were revoked.
Abdullah took to Twitter to say, “Mehbooba Mufti must be set free. Shifting her home while continuing to keep her detained is a cop out.”
. @MehboobaMufti must be set free. Shifting her home while continuing to keep her detained is a cop out.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) April 7, 2020