MEHBOOBA MUFTI RELEASED AFTER 14 MONTHS

MEHBOOBA MUFTI RELEASED AFTER 14 MONTHS

13th October 2020

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti was released on October 13th. She was under detention for more than 14 months along with several other top leaders of the state hours after the Centre’s move to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in 2019.

The former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in 2016, was detained along with other former CMs Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah and other regional leaders as the Centre moved to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories and effectively scrap Article 370 on August 5.

Firstly she was detained from her official residence and lodged at Cheshmashahi huts. Further she was moved to a government building along with other detainees, in November.

The former Chief Minister was charged under Public Safety Act of Jammu and Kashmir wherein anyone can be detained in order to maintain the law and order of the state.