New Delhi (NVI): As many as 396 persons including three former J&K chief ministers have been detained under Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), out of total 451, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said in Rajya Sabha today.
In response to a question by Shiromani Akali Dal MP Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Reddy informed the Upper House that 7,357 persons including stone pelters, miscreants, over ground workers, separatists, etc. were taken into preventive custody since August 2019.
Among those who have been booked under PSA also include three former Chief Ministers, Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah. The three former CM’s were booked under the PSA on January 6. Since then, the stringent law has come under sharp focus.
Omar, Mehbooba and Farooq were among the Kashmiri politicians who were detained after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year.
A total of eight mainstream leaders have also been detained under the PSA in Kashmir.
