Mubashir Bukhari
Srinagar (NVI): The Jammu and Kashmir administration today released a former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) legislator and a trade leader from preventive detention.
According to officials, former PDP leader from south Kashmir Aijaz Mir and former president of the Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir, Shakeel Qalandar were released today.
With the release of the two leaders, the number of people now under detention at the MLA hostel is 15. The hostel has been temporarily converted into a subsidiary jail.
A total of 35 leaders were kept under detention since August last year, after the abrogation of Article 370. They also include three former chief ministers– Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who continue to be under house arrest.
On Sunday, four politicians were also released from preventive custody from MLA hostel.
