Mohammed Mufeez
Former CM and PDP President of Jammu Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has been released after nearly 14 months of detention after Government released orders on Tuesday.
In an order released by Government of Jammu Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti’s detention was revoked.
The order stated – ‘In exercise of powers conferred under section 19(1) of the Jammu Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978, the Government hereby revokes the detention order issued by the District Magistrate, Srinagar, which was last extended for a period of three months via Government order dated – 31-07-2020 of Ms. Mehbooba Mufti D/O Late Mufti Mohd Sayed R/O Bijbehara A/P Nowgam, Srinagar, with immediate effect’.
“Ms. Mehbooba Mufti is being released,” Rohit Kansal, Government Spokesman said in a tweet. Sources said that she was released later.
Mehbooba was among hundreds of people detained in 2019 to prevent protests against the Government of India’s move to divest Jammu Kashmir of its special status through the nullification of the Constitution’s Article 370 and to divide the state into two union territories.