Over 100, including political leaders, arrested in Kashmir: Officials
PTI, Aug 7, 2019, 12:37 PM IST
Jammu: Amid a communication shutdown and other restrictions, security agencies have arrested over 100 people, including political leaders and activists, as they were considered a threat to peace and tranquillity in the Kashmir valley, officials said on Wednesday.
“Over 100 political leaders and activists have been arrested in the valley so far,” a senior official of the Jammu and Kashmir administration said.
He, however, did not give the details of those arrested.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, who were under house arrest since Sunday night, were placed under arrest on Monday night as they were considered a threat to the law-and-order situation in the state, officials said.
Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference leaders Sajjad Lone and Imran Ansari were also arrested, they added.
The arrested leaders were lodged at Hari Niwas, metres away from their Gupkar residences, the officials said.
The orders of their arrest were issued by the magistrates concerned in view of their activities to disturb peace and tranquillity in the Kashmir valley, they added.
The arrests came hours after the Centre announced abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and proposed bifurcation of the state into two Union territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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