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Masrat Alam Booked Under 37th PSA

November 14

The incarcerated Hurriyat Leader Masarat Alam Bhat was on Wednesday shifted to Hira Nagar jail Jammu after authorities booked him under the fresh Public Safety Act (PSA).

The fresh orders, incidentally 37th in the series, were passed Wednesday morning by the Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, a spokesperson of his party Muslim League said.

After being slapped with 37th PSA, which is a world record, Masarat Alam was shifted to Hira Nagar Jail in Jammu, Ayoubi said.

Masarat Alam, who spearheaded the 2010 agitation, was arrested in October same year, he was released in 2015, however rearrested shortly.